颂赞与感恩

一首诗歌,交给乐长。

66 世人啊,你们要向上帝欢呼,
颂赞祂荣耀的名,
赞美祂的荣耀。
要对上帝说:“你的作为令人敬畏!
你的大能使敌人屈膝投降。
普天下都敬拜你,
颂赞你,颂赞你的名。”(细拉)

来吧,看看上帝的作为,
祂为世人行了何等奇妙的事!
祂将沧海变为干地,
让百姓步行经过。
让我们因祂的作为而欢欣吧!
祂以大能永远掌权,
祂的眼目鉴察列国,
悖逆之徒不可在祂面前妄自尊大。(细拉)

列邦啊,要赞美我们的上帝,
让歌颂祂的声音四处飘扬。
祂保全我们的生命,
不让我们失脚滑倒。
10 上帝啊,你试验我们,
熬炼我们如熬炼银子。
11 你让我们陷入网罗,
把重担压在我们的背上。
12 你让别人骑在我们的头上。
我们曾经历水火,
但你带我们到达丰盛之地。
13 我要带着燔祭来到你殿中,
履行我向你许的誓言,
14 就是我在危难中许下的誓言。
15 我要献上肥美的牲畜,
以公绵羊作馨香之祭献给你,
我要献上公牛和山羊。(细拉)

16 敬畏上帝的人啊,
你们都来听吧,
我要告诉你们祂为我所做的事。
17 我曾开口向祂呼求,
扬声赞美祂。
18 倘若我心中藏匿罪恶,
主必不垂听我的呼求。
19 然而,上帝听了我的祷告,
倾听了我的祈求。
20 上帝当受称颂!
祂没有对我的祷告拒而不听,
也没有收回祂对我的慈爱。

To the Overcomer, A Song or Psalm.

¶ Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;

sing forth the glory of his name; put glory into thy praise.

Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Come and see the works of God; he is terrible in his doing toward the sons of men.

He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in him.

He rules by his power for ever; his eyes watch the Gentiles; the rebellious shall not exalt themselves. Selah.

¶ O bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

It is he who placed our soul into life and did not suffer our feet to slip.

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast refined us as silver is refined.

11 Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction upon our loins.

12 Thou hast placed a man over our head; we went through fire and through water, but thou didst bring us out into abundance.

13 ¶ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

14 which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he has done unto my soul.

17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

19 But verily God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer nor his mercy from me.

Psalm 66

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

Shout for joy to God, all the earth!(A)
    Sing the glory of his name;(B)
    make his praise glorious.(C)
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!(D)
    So great is your power
    that your enemies cringe(E) before you.
All the earth bows down(F) to you;
    they sing praise(G) to you,
    they sing the praises of your name.”[a]

Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds(H) for mankind!
He turned the sea into dry land,(I)
    they passed through(J) the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice(K) in him.
He rules forever(L) by his power,
    his eyes watch(M) the nations—
    let not the rebellious(N) rise up against him.

Praise(O) our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
he has preserved our lives(P)
    and kept our feet from slipping.(Q)
10 For you, God, tested(R) us;
    you refined us like silver.(S)
11 You brought us into prison(T)
    and laid burdens(U) on our backs.
12 You let people ride over our heads;(V)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.(W)

13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings(X)
    and fulfill my vows(Y) to you—
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.(Z)

16 Come and hear,(AA) all you who fear God;
    let me tell(AB) you what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;(AC)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard(AD) my prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected(AE) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 66:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.

To the Director: A song. A Psalm.

A Song of Praise

66 Shout praise to God all the earth!
Sing praise about the glory of his name.[a]
    Make his praise glorious.
Say to God: “How awesome are your works!
    Because of your great strength
        your enemies cringe before you.”
The whole earth worships you.
    They sing praise to you.
        They sing praise to your name.
Interlude

Come and see the awesome works of God
    on behalf of human beings:
He turned the sea into dry land.
    Israel[b] crossed the river on foot;
        let us rejoice in him.
He rules by his power forever,
    his eyes watching over the nations.
        Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.
Interlude

Bless our God, people,
    and let the sound of his praise be heard.
He gives us life
    and does not permit our feet to slip.
10 For you, God, tested us,
    to purify us like fine silver.
11 You have led us into a trap[c]
    and set burdens on our backs.
12 You caused men to ride over us.[d]
    You brought us through fire and water,
        but you led us to abundance.

13 I will come to your house with burnt offerings.
    I will fulfill my vows to you
14 that my lips uttered and that my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat,
    along with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams.
        I will offer bulls along with goats.
Interlude

16 Come and listen, all of you who fear God,
    and I will tell you what he did for me.
17 I called aloud to him
    and praised him with my tongue.
18 Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart,
    the Lord would not listen to me.
19 Surely God has heard,
    and he paid attention to my[e] prayers.
20 Blessed be God, who did not turn away my prayers
    nor his gracious love from me.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 66:2 I.e. reputation; and so throughout the Psalms
  2. Psalm 66:6 Lit. He
  3. Psalm 66:11 Or net
  4. Psalm 66:12 Lit. over our head
  5. Psalm 66:19 Lit. to the voice of my