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Psalm 66-69
New International Version
Psalm 66-69
New International Version
Psalm 66
For the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth!(A)
2 Sing the glory of his name;(B)
make his praise glorious.(C)
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!(D)
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe(E) before you.
4 All the earth bows down(F) to you;
they sing praise(G) to you,
they sing the praises of your name.”[a]
5 Come and see what God has done,
his awesome deeds(H) for mankind!
6 He turned the sea into dry land,(I)
they passed through(J) the waters on foot—
come, let us rejoice(K) in him.
7 He rules forever(L) by his power,
his eyes watch(M) the nations—
let not the rebellious(N) rise up against him.
8 Praise(O) our God, all peoples,
let the sound of his praise be heard;
9 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!
Psalm 67[b]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us—[c](AF)
2 so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation(AG) among all nations.(AH)
3 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.(AI)
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,(AJ)
for you rule the peoples with equity(AK)
and guide the nations of the earth.(AL)
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.
6 The land yields its harvest;(AM)
God, our God, blesses us.(AN)
7 May God bless us still,
so that all the ends of the earth(AO) will fear him.(AP)
Psalm 68[d]
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
1 May God arise,(AQ) may his enemies be scattered;(AR)
may his foes flee(AS) before him.
2 May you blow them away like smoke—(AT)
as wax melts(AU) before the fire,
may the wicked perish(AV) before God.
3 But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice(AW) before God;
may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,(AX)
extol him who rides on the clouds[e](AY);
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.(AZ)
5 A father to the fatherless,(BA) a defender of widows,(BB)
is God in his holy dwelling.(BC)
6 God sets the lonely(BD) in families,[f](BE)
he leads out the prisoners(BF) with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(BG)
7 When you, God, went out(BH) before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness,[g](BI)
8 the earth shook,(BJ) the heavens poured down rain,(BK)
before God, the One of Sinai,(BL)
before God, the God of Israel.(BM)
9 You gave abundant showers,(BN) O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty,(BO) God, you provided(BP) for the poor.
11 The Lord announces the word,
and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:(BQ)
12 “Kings and armies flee(BR) in haste;
the women at home divide the plunder.(BS)
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,[h](BT)
the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
its feathers with shining gold.”
14 When the Almighty[i] scattered(BU) the kings in the land,
it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.(BV)
15 Mount Bashan,(BW) majestic mountain,(BX)
Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
at the mountain where God chooses(BY) to reign,
where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(BZ)
17 The chariots(CA) of God are tens of thousands
and thousands of thousands;(CB)
the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[j]
18 When you ascended(CC) on high,(CD)
you took many captives;(CE)
you received gifts from people,(CF)
even from[k] the rebellious(CG)—
that you,[l] Lord God, might dwell there.
19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,(CH)
who daily bears our burdens.(CI)
20 Our God is a God who saves;(CJ)
from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.(CK)
21 Surely God will crush the heads(CL) of his enemies,
the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
I will bring them from the depths of the sea,(CM)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,(CN)
while the tongues of your dogs(CO) have their share.”
24 Your procession, God, has come into view,
the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.(CP)
25 In front are the singers,(CQ) after them the musicians;(CR)
with them are the young women playing the timbrels.(CS)
26 Praise God in the great congregation;(CT)
praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.(CU)
27 There is the little tribe(CV) of Benjamin,(CW) leading them,
there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.(CX)
28 Summon your power,(CY) God[m];
show us your strength,(CZ) our God, as you have done(DA) before.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings will bring you gifts.(DB)
30 Rebuke the beast(DC) among the reeds,(DD)
the herd of bulls(DE) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
Scatter the nations(DF) who delight in war.(DG)
31 Envoys will come from Egypt;(DH)
Cush[n](DI) will submit herself to God.
32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,(DJ)
sing praise(DK) to the Lord,
33 to him who rides(DL) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
who thunders(DM) with mighty voice.(DN)
34 Proclaim the power(DO) of God,
whose majesty(DP) is over Israel,
whose power is in the heavens.
35 You, God, are awesome(DQ) in your sanctuary;(DR)
the God of Israel gives power and strength(DS) to his people.(DT)
Praise be to God!(DU)
Psalm 69[o]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters(DV) have come up to my neck.(DW)
2 I sink in the miry depths,(DX)
where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
the floods engulf me.
3 I am worn out calling for help;(DY)
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(DZ)
looking for my God.
4 Those who hate me(EA) without reason(EB)
outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(EC)
those who seek to destroy me.(ED)
I am forced to restore
what I did not steal.
6 Lord, the Lord Almighty,
may those who hope in you
not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
may those who seek you
not be put to shame because of me.
7 For I endure scorn(EG) for your sake,(EH)
and shame covers my face.(EI)
8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;(EJ)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,(EK)
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(EL)
10 When I weep and fast,(EM)
I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(EN)
people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(EO) mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.(EP)
13 But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;(EQ)
in your great love,(ER) O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.(ES)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(ET) engulf me
or the depths swallow me up(EU)
or the pit close its mouth over me.(EV)
16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(EW)
in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(EX) from your servant;
answer me quickly,(EY) for I am in trouble.(EZ)
18 Come near and rescue me;
deliver(FA) me because of my foes.
19 You know how I am scorned,(FB) disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters,(FC) but I found none.(FD)
21 They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar(FE) for my thirst.(FF)
22 May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and[p] a trap.(FG)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.(FH)
24 Pour out your wrath(FI) on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(FJ)
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(FK)
26 For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(FL)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(FM)
do not let them share in your salvation.(FN)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(FO)
and not be listed with the righteous.(FP)
29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
may your salvation, God, protect me.(FQ)
30 I will praise God’s name in song(FR)
and glorify him(FS) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(FT)
32 The poor will see and be glad(FU)—
you who seek God, may your hearts live!(FV)
33 The Lord hears the needy(FW)
and does not despise his captive people.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.
- Psalm 67:1 In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.
- Psalm 67:1 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.
- Psalm 68:1 In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.
- Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
- Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
- Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.
- Psalm 68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
- Psalm 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai
- Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness
- Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
- Psalm 68:18 Or they
- Psalm 68:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you
- Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region
- Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
- Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become
Psalm 66-69
King James Version
Psalm 66-69
King James Version
66 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
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 hath 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 hath done for 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 hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
67 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
68 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
69 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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