詩篇 66
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
頌讚與感恩
一首詩歌，交給樂長。
66 世人啊，你們要向上帝歡呼，
2 頌讚祂榮耀的名，
讚美祂的榮耀。
3 要對上帝說：「你的作為令人敬畏！
你的大能使敵人屈膝投降。
4 普天下都敬拜你，
頌讚你，頌讚你的名。」（細拉）
5 來吧，看看上帝的作為，
祂為世人行了何等奇妙的事！
6 祂將滄海變為乾地，
讓百姓步行經過。
讓我們因祂的作為而歡欣吧！
7 祂以大能永遠掌權，
祂的眼目鑒察列國，
悖逆之徒不可在祂面前妄自尊大。（細拉）
8 列邦啊，要讚美我們的上帝，
讓歌頌祂的聲音四處飄揚。
9 祂保全我們的生命，
不讓我們失腳滑倒。
10 上帝啊，你試驗我們，
熬煉我們如熬煉銀子。
11 你讓我們陷入網羅，
把重擔壓在我們的背上。
12 你讓別人騎在我們的頭上。
我們曾經歷水火，
但你帶我們到達豐盛之地。
13 我要帶著燔祭來到你殿中，
履行我向你許的誓言，
14 就是我在危難中許下的誓言。
15 我要獻上肥美的牲畜，
以公綿羊作馨香之祭獻給你，
我要獻上公牛和山羊。（細拉）
16 敬畏上帝的人啊，
你們都來聽吧，
我要告訴你們祂為我所做的事。
17 我曾開口向祂呼求，
揚聲讚美祂。
18 倘若我心中藏匿罪惡，
主必不垂聽我的呼求。
19 然而，上帝聽了我的禱告，
傾聽了我的祈求。
20 上帝當受稱頌！
祂沒有對我的禱告拒而不聽，
也沒有收回祂對我的慈愛。
Psalm 66
English Standard Version
How Awesome Are Your Deeds
To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.
66 (A)Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
2 sing the glory of his name;
(B)give to him glorious praise!
3 Say to God, (C)“How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies (D)come cringing to you.
4 (E)All the earth worships you
and sings praises to you;
they sing praises to your name.” Selah
5 (F)Come and see what God has done:
(G)he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
6 He (H)turned the sea into dry land;
they (I)passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,
7 who rules by his might forever,
whose (J)eyes keep watch on the nations—
let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 Bless our God, O peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
and (K)has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have (L)tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into (M)the net;
you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men (N)ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through (O)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will (P)perform my vows to you,
14 that which my lips uttered
and my mouth promised (Q)when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah
16 (R)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
17 I cried to him with my mouth,
and high praise was on[a] my tongue.[b]
18 If I had (S)cherished iniquity in my heart,
(T)the Lord would not have listened.
19 But truly (U)God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:17 Hebrew under
- Psalm 66:17 Or and he was exalted with my tongue
Psalm 66
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 66[a]
Praise of God, Israel’s Deliverer
1 For the leader. A song; a psalm.
I
2 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;
sing of his glorious name;
give him glorious praise.(A)
3 Say to God: “How awesome your deeds!
Before your great strength your enemies cringe.
4 All the earth falls in worship before you;(B)
they sing of you, sing of your name!”
Selah
II
5 [b]Come and see the works of God,
awesome in deeds before the children of Adam.
6 He changed the sea to dry land;
through the river they passed on foot.(C)
There we rejoiced in him,
7 who rules by his might forever,
His eyes are fixed upon the nations.
Let no rebel rise to challenge!
Selah
8 Bless our God, you peoples;
loudly sound his praise,
9 Who has kept us alive
and not allowed our feet to slip.(D)
10 You tested us, O God,
tried us as silver tried by fire.(E)
11 You led us into a snare;
you bound us at the waist as captives.
12 [c]You let captors set foot on our neck;
we went through fire and water;
then you led us out to freedom.(F)
III
13 I will bring burnt offerings[d] to your house;
to you I will fulfill my vows,
14 Which my lips pronounced
and my mouth spoke in my distress.
15 Burnt offerings of fatlings I will offer you
and sacrificial smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice oxen and goats.
Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
while I recount what has been done for me.
17 I called to him with my mouth;
praise was upon my tongue.
18 Had I cherished evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have heard.
19 But God did hear
and listened to my voice in prayer.
20 Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer
and refuse his mercy.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66 In the first part (Ps 66:1–12), the community praises God for powerful acts for Israel, both in the past (the exodus from Egypt and the entry into the land [Ps 66:6]) and in the present (deliverance from a recent but unspecified calamity [Ps 66:8–12]). In the second part (Ps 66:13–20), an individual from the rescued community fulfills a vow to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. As often in thanksgivings, the rescued person steps forward to teach the community what God has done (Ps 66:16–20).
- 66:5–6 cf. the events described in Ex 14:1–15, 21; Jos 3:11–4:24 and Ps 114.
- 66:12 You let captors set foot on our neck: lit., “you let men mount our heads.” Conquerors placed their feet on the neck of their enemies as a sign of complete defeat, cf. Jos 10:24. A ceremonial footstool of the Egyptian king Tutankhamen portrays bound and prostrate bodies of enemies ready for the king’s feet on their heads, and one of Tutankhamen’s ceremonial chariots depicts the king as a sphinx standing with paw atop the neck of an enemy.
- 66:13 Burnt offerings: cf. Lv 1:3–13; 6:1–4; 22:17–20.
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