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Psalm 66

¹Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
²Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
³Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
⁴All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
⁵Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
⁶He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
⁷He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
⁸O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
⁹Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
¹⁰For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
¹¹Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
¹²Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
¹³I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
¹⁴Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
¹⁶Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
¹⁷I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
¹⁸If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
¹⁹But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
²⁰Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¹³Curse the whisperer and doubletongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.
¹⁴A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.
¹⁵A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
¹⁶Whoso hearkeneth unto it shall never find rest, and never dwell quietly.
¹⁷The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
¹⁸Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
¹⁹Well is he that is defended through the venom thereof; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath been bound in her bands.
²⁰For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.
²¹The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
²²It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
²³Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.
²⁴Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold,
²⁵And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.
²⁶Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.

³⁸Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
³⁹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
⁴⁰And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
⁴¹And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
⁴²Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
⁴³Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
⁴⁴But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
⁴⁵That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
⁴⁶For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
⁴⁷And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
⁴⁸Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.