Psalm 66

Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel

To the leader. A Song. A Psalm.
¹Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
²   sing the glory of his name;
   give to him glorious praise.
³Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!
   Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.
⁴All the earth worships you;
   they sing praises to you,
   sing praises to your name.’
          Selah

⁵Come and see what God has done:
   he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.
⁶He turned the sea into dry land;
   they passed through the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in him,
⁷   who rules by his might for ever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
   let the rebellious not exalt themselves.
          Selah

⁸Bless our God, O peoples,
   let the sound of his praise be heard,
⁹who has kept us among the living,
   and has not let our feet slip.
¹⁰For you, O God, have tested us;
   you have tried us as silver is tried.
¹¹You brought us into the net;
   you laid burdens on our backs;
¹²you let people ride over our heads;
   we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.^*

¹³I will come into your house with burnt-offerings;
   I will pay you my vows,
¹⁴those that my lips uttered
   and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will offer to you burnt-offerings of fatlings,
   with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats.
          Selah

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God,
   and I will tell what he has done for me.
¹⁷I cried aloud to him,
   and he was extolled with my tongue.
¹⁸If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
   the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹But truly God has listened;
   he has given heed to the words of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God,
   because he has not rejected my prayer
   or removed his steadfast love from me.

Psalm 67

The Nations Called to Praise God

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
¹May God be gracious to us and bless us
   and make his face to shine upon us,
          Selah
²that your way may be known upon earth,
   your saving power among all nations.
³Let the peoples praise you, O God;
   let all the peoples praise you.

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
   for you judge the peoples with equity
   and guide the nations upon earth.
          Selah
⁵Let the peoples praise you, O God;
   let all the peoples praise you.

⁶The earth has yielded its increase;
   God, our God, has blessed us.
⁷May God continue to bless us;
   let all the ends of the earth revere him.