Psalm 66

Jubilate Deo

7

Bless our God, you peoples; *

make the voice of his praise to be heard;

8

Who holds our souls in life, *

and will not allow our feet to slip.

9

For you, O God, have proved us; *

you have tried us just as silver is tried.

10

You brought us into the snare; *

you laid heavy burdens upon our backs.

11

You let enemies ride over our heads;

we went through fire and water; *

but you brought us out into a place of refreshment.

12

I will enter your house with burnt-offerings

and will pay you my vows, *

which I promised with my lips

and spoke with my mouth when I was in trouble.

13

I will offer you sacrifices of fat beasts

with the smoke of rams; *

I will give you oxen and goats.

14

Come and listen, all you who fear God, *

and I will tell you what he has done for me.

15

I called out to him with my mouth, *

and his praise was on my tongue.

16

If I had found evil in my heart, *

the Lord would not have heard me;

17

But in truth God has heard me; *

he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

18

Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer, *

nor withheld his love from me.