Psalm 66

Come and see what God has done

¹For the music director. A song. A psalm. \q Raise a shout to God, all the earth! ²Make music to the honor of his name; \q give him praise that is full of glory! ³Say to God, “How fearsome are your deeds! \q Because your strength is so great, \q your enemies cower and fawn before you. ⁴The whole earth bows low to you and sings to you; \q they make music to your name.” Selah ⁵Come and look at the works of God, \q how fearsome his dealings are with humankind! ⁶He changed the sea into dry ground; \q they crossed the river on foot. \q There let us rejoice in him! ⁷He reigns in his power forever, \q and his eyes watch closely over the nations. \q Let no rebels raise themselves up. Selah ⁸Peoples of the world, bless our God, \q and make the sound of his praise ring out, ⁹the one who keeps us alive \q and has not let our feet stumble. ¹⁰For you have put us to the test, God; \q you have refined us the way silver is refined. ¹¹You led us into the trap; \q you laid a heavy weight on our backs. ¹²You let mere mortals ride roughshod over our heads; \q we came through fire and water, \q but you led us out into overflowing plenty. ¹³I will enter your house with whole burnt offerings \q and keep my vows to you, ¹⁴the promises that burst from my lips, \q that my mouth made in my time of distress. ¹⁵I will offer you burnt offerings of fattened animals, along with the smoke of rams rising to you; \q I will sacrifice bulls together with goats. Selah ¹⁶Come, listen, all who revere God; \q let me recount the things he has done for me. ¹⁷With my own mouth I called to him, \q and praise to lift him high was ready under my tongue. ¹⁸The Lord would not have heard me \q if I had kept wrongdoing in my heart. ¹⁹Yet God has indeed heard me; \q he has paid close attention as I prayed. ²⁰Blessed be God, \q who has not pushed my prayer aside \q or taken his loyal love away from me!