66:1  MAKE A joyful noise unto God, all the earth;

66:2  Sing forth the honor {and} glory of His name; make His praise glorious!

66:3  Say to God, How awesome {and} fearfully glorious are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You [with feigned and reluctant obedience].

66:4  All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

66:5  Come and see the works of God; see how [to save His people He smites their foes; He is] terrible in His doings toward the children of men.

66:6  He turned the sea into dry land, they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in Him.

66:7  He rules by His might forever, His eyes observe {and} keep watch {over} the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

66:8  Bless our God, O peoples, give Him grateful thanks {and} make the voice of His praise be heard,

66:9  Who put {and} kept us among the living, and has not allowed our feet to slip.

66:10  For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us as silver is tried, refined, {and} purified.

66:11  You brought us into the net (the prison fortress, the dungeon); You laid a heavy burden upon our loins.

66:12  You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air].

66:13  I will come into Your house with burnt offerings [of entire consecration]; I will pay You my vows,

66:14  Which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in distress.

66:15  I will offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, with rams consumed in sweet-smelling smoke; I will offer bullocks and he-goats. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

66:16  Come and hear, all you who reverently {and} worshipfully fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me!

66:17  I cried aloud to Him; He was extolled {and} high praise was under my tongue.

66:18  If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me;

66:19  But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

66:20  Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy {and} loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me.