Psalm 66, side by side

¹Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

¹Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

²Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

²Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

³Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

³Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

⁴All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.”

⁴All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

⁵Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

⁵Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

⁷He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him.

⁷He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

⁸Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

⁸O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

⁹who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

⁹Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

¹⁰For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

¹⁰For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

¹¹You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹¹Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

¹²You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

¹²Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

¹³I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁴Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats.

¹⁵I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁶Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁷I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

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

¹⁹But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

¹⁹But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

²⁰Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.