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Psalm 66

Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel

To the leader. A Song. A Psalm.

Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;(A)
    sing the glory of his name;
    give to him glorious praise.(B)
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
    Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.(C)
All the earth worships you;
    they sing praises to you,
    sing praises to your name.” Selah(D)

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

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

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

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

20 Blessed be God,
    who has not rejected my prayer
    or removed his steadfast love from me.(S)

Footnotes

  1. 66.12 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb to a saturation

The Ark Placed in the Tent

16 They brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before God.(A) When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the offerings of well-being, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord, and he distributed to every person in Israel—man and woman alike—to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat,[a] and a cake of raisins.

He appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. Asaph was the chief, and second to him was Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,(B) and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving

Then on that day David first appointed the singing of praises to the Lord by Asaph and his kindred.(C)

O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,
    make known his deeds among the peoples.(D)
Sing to him, sing praises to him;
    tell of all his wonderful works.
10 Glory in his holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
11 Seek the Lord and his strength;
    seek his presence continually.(E)
12 Remember the wonderful works he has done,
    his miracles and the judgments he uttered,(F)
13 O offspring of his servant Israel,
    children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

14 He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.(G)
15 Remember his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,

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Footnotes

  1. 16.3 Compare Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
    Tell of his salvation from day to day.(A)
24 Declare his glory among the nations,
    his marvelous works among all the peoples.
25 For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
    he is to be revered above all gods.(B)
26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens.(C)
27 Honor and majesty are before him;
    strength and joy are in his place.

28 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.(D)
29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the Lord in holy splendor;
30     tremble before him, all the earth.
    The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,
    and let them say among the nations, “The Lord is king!”(E)
32 Let the sea roar and all that fills it;
    let the field exult and everything in it.(F)
33 Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy
    before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.
34 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.(G)

35 Say also,

“Save us, O God of our salvation,
    and gather and rescue us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.(H)
36 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.”

Then all the people said “Amen!” and praised the Lord.(I)

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