Psalms

¹Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! ²Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise! ³Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you. ⁴All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah. ⁵Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men. ⁶He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. ⁷He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. ⁸Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, ⁹who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. ¹⁰For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. ¹¹You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. ¹²You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. ¹³I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, ¹⁴which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress. ¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah. ¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul. ¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue. ¹⁸If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened. ¹⁹But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer. ²⁰Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.