Psalm 66:8-20

Common English Bible

⁸ All you nations, bless our God!
    Let the sound of his praise be heard!
⁹ God preserved us among the living;
    he didn’t let our feet slip a bit.

¹⁰ But you, God, have tested us—
    you’ve refined us like silver,
¹¹     trapped us in a net,
    laid burdens on our backs,
¹²     let other people run right over our heads—
    we’ve been through fire and water.

But you brought us out to freedom!
¹³     So I’ll enter your house
        with entirely burned offerings.
    I’ll keep the promises I made to you,
¹⁴         the ones my lips uttered,
        the ones my mouth spoke when I was in deep trouble.
¹⁵ I will offer the best burned offerings to you
    along with the smoke of sacrificed rams.
    I will offer both bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come close and listen,
    all you who honor God;
    I will tell you what God has done for me:
¹⁷ My mouth cried out to him
    with praise on my tongue.
¹⁸ If I had cherished evil in my heart,
    my Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹ But God definitely listened.
    He heard the sound of my prayer.
²⁰ Bless God! He didn’t reject my prayer;
    he didn’t withhold his faithful love from me.