Psalm 66
Lexham English Bible
Thanksgiving to God for His Works
For the music director. A song. A psalm.[a]
66 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth.
2 Sing the glory of his name.
Set forth his glorious praise.[b]
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your works!
Because of the greatness of your strength,
your enemies will cringe before you.
4 All the earth will bow in worship to you,
and sing praise to you.
They will sing the praise of your name.” Selah
5 Come and consider[c] the works of God;
he is awesome in his dealings[d] with the children of humankind.
6 He turned the sea into dry ground;
they passed through the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in him.
7 He rules by his might forever;
his eyes keep watch on the nations.
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.[e] Selah
8 Bless our God, O peoples,
and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,
9 the one who has kept our soul among the living,
and has not allowed our foot to slip.
10 For you have tested us, O God;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
you placed a heavy burden[f] on our backs.
12 You let men[g] ride over our heads.
We went through fire and through water,
but you have brought us out to the place of abundance.[h]
13 I will come into your house[i] with burnt offerings.
I will pay to you my vows
14 that my lips uttered,
and my mouth spoke in my distress.
15 Burnt offerings of fat animals I will offer to you,
with the smoke of rams.
I will do[j] cattle with rams. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you God-fearers, and I will tell
what he has done for me.[k]
17 I called to him with my mouth,
and he was extolled with my tongue.[l]
18 If I had considered evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19 However, God has listened;
he has attended to the sound of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
who has not turned aside my prayer,
or his loyal love from me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
- Psalm 66:2 Literally “set for glory—his praise”
- Psalm 66:5 Literally “see”
- Psalm 66:5 Hebrew “dealing”
- Psalm 66:7 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Psalm 66:11 Literally “oppression”
- Psalm 66:12 Hebrew “man”
- Psalm 66:12 A slightly different Hebrew word yields “a broad place”
- Psalm 66:13 Or “temple”
- Psalm 66:15 That is, “offer”
- Psalm 66:16 Hebrew “my soul”
- Psalm 66:17 A slightly different Hebrew word yields “his exaltation was under my tongue”
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
Hoffnung für Alle
Kommt und seht, was Gott getan hat!
66 Ein Lied.
Jubelt Gott zu, all ihr Menschen auf der Erde!
2 Singt und musiziert zu seiner Ehre,
stimmt ein Loblied an auf seine Größe und Pracht!
3 Sprecht zu Gott: »Wie ehrfurchtgebietend sind deine Taten!
Vor deiner Macht müssen sogar deine Feinde sich beugen.
4 Alle Völker der Erde werden dich anbeten,
sie werden dich preisen und deinen Namen besingen.«
5 Kommt und seht, was Gott getan hat;
wie ehrfurchtgebietend sind seine Taten unter den Menschen!
6 Er teilte das Meer und ließ sein Volk hindurchziehen,
trockenen Fußes konnten sie das Wasser durchqueren.
Darum freuen wir uns über Gott!
7 Ja, er hat alle Macht und regiert für immer und ewig.
Er schaut auf die Völker – ihm entgeht nichts.
Wer kann schon gegen ihn bestehen?
8 Ihr Völker, preist unseren Gott!
Lobt ihn laut, dass alle es hören!
9 Gott erhält uns am Leben,
er lässt uns nicht untergehen.
10 Du, o Gott, hast uns geprüft,
du hast uns geläutert wie Silber im Schmelzofen:
11 Du hast uns in die Falle laufen lassen
und schwere Lasten auf unsere Schultern gelegt.
12 Andere Menschen trampelten auf uns herum,
durch viele Feuerproben mussten wir hindurch[a] –
aber du hast uns aus der Gefahr befreit
und uns mehr gegeben, als wir brauchten.
13 Ich komme jetzt mit Brandopfern in dein Heiligtum
und löse meine Versprechen ein,
14 die ich in meiner Not hinausgeschrien habe.
15 Nun bringe ich dir die wertvollsten Opfertiere:
fette Widder, Rinder und Ziegenböcke.
Ihr Rauch soll aufsteigen zu dir.
16 Kommt und hört mir zu, ihr, die ihr Gott achtet und ehrt,
ich will euch erzählen, was er für mich getan hat.
17 Als ich zu ihm um Hilfe schrie, wusste ich:
Gott wird mir helfen! Deshalb begann ich, ihn zu preisen.
18 Hätte ich Böses im Sinn gehabt,
dann hätte der Herr mich nicht erhört.
19 Aber er hat mich erhört,
mein Gebet hat er angenommen.
20 Gelobt sei Gott, denn er hat meine Bitten nicht verachtet
und mir seine Liebe nicht entzogen.
Footnotes
- 66,12 Wörtlich: wir sind durch Feuer und durch Wasser gegangen.
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