Psalms 66

66 ¹Shout for joy to our Father, all the earth! ²Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. ³Say to our Father, "How awesome are your deeds! By your great power your enemies cringe before you. ⁴All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name."

⁵Come and see the works of our Father, awesome in his deeds toward all people. ⁶He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him. ⁷He rules by his might forever; his eyes keep watch on the nations—let not the rebellious exalt themselves.

⁸Bless our Father, all peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, ⁹who has kept us among the living and has not let our feet slip. ¹⁰For you, our Father, have tested us; you have refined us as silver is refined. ¹¹You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs. ¹²You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water, yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. ^a a v12 "Ride over our heads" is an ancient expression for being completely dominated and subjugated.

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay my vows to you, ¹⁴the vows my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. ¹⁵I will offer you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of sacrificed rams; I will offer bulls and goats.

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear our Father, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. ¹⁷I cried out to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. ¹⁸If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Sovereign Father would not have listened. ¹⁹But truly our Father has listened; he has heeded my prayer. ²⁰Blessed be our Father, who has not rejected my prayer or removed his covenant love from me!