Psalm 66

For the choir director: A song. A psalm. ¹Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth! ² Sing about the glory of his name! Tell the world how glorious he is. ³ Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Your enemies cringe before your mighty power. ⁴ Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs.”Interlude

⁵Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people! ⁶ He made a dry path through the Red Sea, Hebrew the sea. and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. ⁷ For by his great power he rules forever. He watches every movement of the nations; let no rebel rise in defiance.Interlude

⁸Let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing his praises. ⁹ Our lives are in his hands, and he keeps our feet from stumbling. ¹⁰ You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver. ¹¹ You captured us in your net and laid the burden of slavery on our backs. ¹² Then you put a leader over us. Or You made people ride over our heads. We went through fire and flood, but you brought us to a place of great abundance.

¹³Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings to fulfill the vows I made to you— ¹⁴ yes, the sacred vows that I made when I was in deep trouble. ¹⁵ That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you— the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma, and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats.Interlude

¹⁶Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. ¹⁷ For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. ¹⁸ If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. ¹⁹ But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. ²⁰ Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me.