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A psalm.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth!</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Sing about the glory of his name!</p><p class="line2">Tell the world how glorious he is.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!</p><p class="line2">Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Everything on earth will worship you;</p><p class="line2">they will sing your praises,</p><p class="line2">shouting your name in glorious songs.”</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Come and see what our God has done,</p><p class="line2">what awesome miracles he performs for people!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He made a dry path through the Red Sea,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line2">and his people went across on foot.</p><p class="line2">There we rejoiced in him.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For by his great power he rules forever.</p><p class="line2">He watches every movement of the nations;</p><p class="line2">let no rebel rise in defiance.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let the whole world bless our God</p><p class="line2">and loudly sing his praises.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Our lives are in his hands,</p><p class="line2">and he keeps our feet from stumbling.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You have tested us, O God;</p><p class="line2">you have purified us like silver.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You captured us in your net</p><p class="line2">and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then you put a leader over us.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">We went through fire and flood,</p><p class="line2">but you brought us to a place of great abundance.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings</p><p class="line2">to fulfill the vows I made to you—</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>yes, the sacred vows that I made</p><p class="line2">when I was in deep trouble.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you—</p><p class="line2">the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma,</p><p class="line2">and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Come and listen, all you who fear God,</p><p class="line2">and I will tell you what he did for me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For I cried out to him for help,</p><p class="line2">praising him as I spoke.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,</p><p class="line2">the Lord would not have listened.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But God did listen!</p><p class="line2">He paid attention to my prayer.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/66-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer</p><p class="line2">or withdraw his unfailing love from me.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">66:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the sea.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">66:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">You made people ride over our 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