Psalms 66 - 68
Come and See the Works of God
66For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm.
aMake a loud shout to God, all the earth;2Sing praise for the aglory of His name;Establish His bpraise as glorious.3Say to God, “How 1,afearsome are Your works!Because of the abundance of Your strength Your enemies will 2,bcower before You.4“aAll the earth will worship You,And will bsing praises to You;They will sing praises to Your name.” 1 Selah.5aCome and see the works of God,Who is bfearsome in His deeds toward the sons of men.6He aturned the sea into dry land;They passed through bthe river on foot;There let us cbe glad in Him!7He arules by His might forever;His beyes keep watch on the nations;Let not the rebellious cexalt themselves. Selah.8Bless our God, O peoples,And 1,amake the sound of His praise heard,9Who 1,aestablishes us among the livingAnd bdoes not allow our feet to stumble.10For You have atested us, O God;You have brefined us as silver is refined.11You abrought us into the net;You established an oppressive burden upon our loins.12You made men aride over our heads;We went through bfire and through water,Yet You cbrought us out into a place of abundance.13I shall acome into Your house with burnt offerings;I shall bpay You my vows,14Which my lips utteredAnd my mouth spoke when I was ain distress.15I shall aoffer to You burnt offerings of fat beasts,With the smoke of brams;I shall make an offering of 1bulls with male goats. Selah.16aCome and hear, all who 1fear God,And I will brecount what He has done for my soul.17I called out to Him with my mouth,And 1He was aexalted with my tongue.18If I 1,asee wickedness in my heart,The bLord 2will not 3hear;19But certainly aGod has heard;He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.20aBlessed be God,Who bhas not turned away my prayerNor His lovingkindness from me.Cause Your Face to Shine upon Us
67For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
God be gracious to us and abless us,And bcause His face to shine 1upon us— 2 Selah.2That aYour way may be known on the earth,bYour salvation among all nations.3Let the apeoples praise You, O God;Let all the peoples praise You.4Let the anations be glad and sing for joy;For You will bjudge the peoples with uprightnessAnd clead the nations on the earth. Selah.5Let the apeoples praise You, O God;Let all the peoples praise You.6The aearth has yielded its produce;God, our God, bblesses us.7God blesses us,1That aall the ends of the earth may fear Him.Let God’s Enemies Be Scattered
68For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1Let aGod arise, 2let His enemies be scattered,And 3let those who hate Him flee before Him.2As asmoke is driven away, so drive them away;As bwax melts before the fire,So let the cwicked perish before God.3But let the arighteous be glad; let them exult before God;And let them rejoice with gladness.4Sing to God, asing praises to His name;1,bLift up a song for Him who crides through the deserts,Whose dname is 2Yah, and exult before Him.5A afather of the fatherless and a bjudge 1for the widows,Is God in His choly habitation.6God acauses the lonely to inhabit a home;He bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,Only cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.7O God, when You awent forth before Your people,When You bmarched through the wasteland, 1 Selah.8The aearth quaked;The bheavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;1,cSinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.9You acaused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;You established Your inheritance when it was 1parched.10Your creatures inhabited it;You aestablished it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.11The Lord gives the word;The awomen who proclaim the good news are a great host:12“aKings of armies retreat, they retreat,And she who remains at home will bdivide the spoil!”13If you men lie down aamong the 1sheepfolds,You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,And its pinions with glistening gold.14When the Almighty adispersed the kings 1there,It was snowing in bZalmon.15A 1,amountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.16Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,At the mountain which God has aprized for His habitation?Surely bYahweh will dwell there forever.17The achariots of God are 1myriads, bthousands upon thousands;2The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.18You have aascended on high, You have bled captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.19Blessed be the Lord, who daily abears our burden,bThe God who is our salvation. Selah.20God is to us a aGod of 1salvation;And bto Yahweh the Lord belong escapes 2from death.21Surely God will acrush the head of His enemies,The hairy 1skull of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.22The Lord 1said, “aI will bring them back from Bashan.I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;23That 1,ayour foot may crush them in blood,The tongue of your bdogs may have its portion from your enemies.”24They have seen aYour 1procession, O God,The 2procession of my God, my King, 3,binto the sanctuary.25The asingers went on, the musicians after them,1In the midst of the bmaidens beating tambourines.26aBless God in the congregations,Yahweh, the bfountain of Israel.27There is aBenjamin, the 1youngest, 2having dominion over them,The princes of Judah in their throng,The princes of bZebulun, the princes of Naphtali.281Your God has acommanded your strength;Show Yourself strong, O God, bwho has worked 2on our behalf.291Because of Your temple at JerusalemaKings will bring gifts to You.30Rebuke the abeast 1in the reeds,The herd of bbulls with the calves of the peoples,Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;He has ccast out the peoples who delight in war.31Envoys will come out of aEgypt;1,bEthiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.32Sing to God, O akingdoms of the earth,bSing praises to the Lord, Selah.33To Him who arides upon the 1,bhighest heavens, which are from ancient times;Behold, cHe gives forth His voice, a dvoice that is strong.34aAscribe strength to God;His majesty is over IsraelAnd bHis strength is in the 1skies.351O God, You are aawesome from Your 2sanctuary.The God of Israel Himself bgives strength and might to the people.cBlessed be God!