| 1 | Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth; |
| 2 | Sing forth the honor
and
glory of His name; make His praise glorious! |
| 3 | Say to God, How awesome
and
fearfully glorious are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You [with feigned and reluctant obedience]. |
| 4 | All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 5 | Come and see the works of God; see how [to save His people He smites their foes; He is] terrible in His doings toward the children of men. |
| 6 | He turned the sea into dry land, they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in Him. |
| 7 | He rules by His might forever, His eyes observe
and
keep watch
over
the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 8 | Bless our God, O peoples, give Him grateful thanks
and
make the voice of His praise be heard, |
| 9 | Who put
and
kept us among the living, and has not allowed our feet to slip. |
| 10 | For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us as silver is tried, refined,
and
purified. |
| 11 | You brought us into the net (the prison fortress, the dungeon); You laid a heavy burden upon our loins. |
| 12 | You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air]. |
| 13 | I will come into Your house with burnt offerings [of entire consecration]; I will pay You my vows, |
| 14 | Which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in distress. |
| 15 | I will offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, with rams consumed in sweet-smelling smoke; I will offer bullocks and he-goats.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 16 | Come and hear, all you who reverently
and
worshipfully fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me! |
| 17 | I cried aloud to Him; He was extolled
and
high praise was under my tongue. |
| 18 | If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me; |
| 19 | But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. |
| 20 | Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy
and
loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 66:18 : Prov. 15:29; 28:9; Isa. 1:15; John 9:31; James 4:3.
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