Psalm 66
Living Bible
66 Sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Sing of his glorious name! Tell the world how wonderful he is.
3 How awe-inspiring are your deeds, O God! How great your power! No wonder your enemies surrender! 4 All the earth shall worship you and sing of your glories. 5 Come, see the glorious things God has done. What marvelous miracles happen to his people! 6 He made a dry road through the sea for them. They went across on foot. What excitement and joy there was that day!
7 Because of his great power he rules forever. He watches every movement of the nations. O rebel lands, he will deflate your pride.
8 Let everyone bless God and sing his praises; 9 for he holds our lives in his hands, and he holds our feet to the path. 10 You have purified us with fire,[a] O Lord, like silver in a crucible. 11 You captured us in your net and laid great burdens on our backs. 12 You sent troops to ride across our broken bodies.[b] We went through fire and flood. But in the end, you brought us into wealth and great abundance.
13 Now I have come to your Temple with burnt offerings to pay my vows. 14 For when I was in trouble, I promised you many offerings. 15 That is why I am bringing you these fat male goats, rams, and calves. The smoke of their sacrifice shall rise before you.
16 Come and hear, all of you who reverence the Lord, and I will tell you what he did for me: 17 For I cried to him for help with praises ready on my tongue. 18 He would not have listened if I had not confessed my sins. 19 But he listened! He heard my prayer! He paid attention to it!
20 Blessed be God, who didn’t turn away when I was praying and didn’t refuse me his kindness and love.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:10 You have purified us with fire, implied.
- Psalm 66:12 You sent troops to ride across our broken bodies, literally, “You caused men to ride over our heads.”
Psalm 66
New King James Version
Praise to God for His Awesome Works
To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm.
66 Make (A)a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God,
“How (B)awesome are Your works!
(C)Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 (D)All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
6 (E)He turned the sea into dry land;
(F)They went through the river on foot.
There we will rejoice in Him.
7 He rules by His power forever;
His eyes observe the nations;
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples!
And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
9 Who keeps our soul among the living,
And does not allow our feet to [a]be moved.
10 For (G)You, O God, have tested us;
(H)You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 (I)You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
12 (J)You have caused men to ride over our heads;
(K)We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to [b]rich fulfillment.
13 (L)I will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
(M)I will pay You my [c]vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered
And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams;
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was [d]extolled with my tongue.
18 (N)If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
19 But certainly God (O)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!
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:9 slip
- Psalm 66:12 abundance
- Psalm 66:13 Promised deeds
- Psalm 66:17 praised
诗篇 66
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
颂赞神之大能
66 一篇诗歌，交于伶长。
1 全地都当向神欢呼！
2 歌颂他名的荣耀，用赞美的言语将他的荣耀发明！
3 当对神说：“你的作为何等可畏！因你的大能，仇敌要投降你。
4 全地要敬拜你，歌颂你，要歌颂你的名。”（细拉）
5 你们来看神所行的，他向世人所做之事是可畏的。
6 他将海变成干地，众民步行过河，我们在那里因他欢喜。
7 他用权能治理万民直到永远，他的眼睛鉴察列邦，悖逆的人不可自高。（细拉）
8 万民哪，你们当称颂我们的神，使人得听赞美他的声音。
9 他使我们的性命存活，也不叫我们的脚摇动。
10 神啊，你曾试验我们，熬炼我们如熬炼银子一样。
11 你使我们进入网罗，把重担放在我们的身上。
12 你使人坐车轧我们的头，我们经过水火，你却使我们到丰富之地。
13 我要用燔祭进你的殿，向你还我的愿，
14 就是在急难时我嘴唇所发的，口中所许的。
15 我要把肥牛做燔祭，将公羊的香祭献给你，又把公牛和山羊献上。（细拉）
称颂神听允其祈
16 凡敬畏神的人，你们都来听，我要述说他为我所行的事。
17 我曾用口求告他，我的舌头也称他为高。
18 我若心里注重罪孽，主必不听。
19 但神实在听见了，他侧耳听了我祷告的声音。
20 神是应当称颂的！他并没有推却我的祷告，也没有叫他的慈爱离开我。
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