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Psalms 66 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | For the music director; a song, a psalm. Shout out praise to God, all the earth! | Shout for joy to God, all the earth; | For the director of music. A song. A psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth! | |
| 2 | Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! Give him the honor he deserves! | sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! | Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. | |
| 3 | Say to God: |How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you. | Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you. | Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. | |
| 4 | All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!| (Selah) | All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah | All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.” | |
| 5 | Come and witness God's exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome! | Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. | Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind! | |
| 6 | He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there! | He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him, | He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot— come, let us rejoice in him. | |
| 7 | He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah) | who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah | He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations— let not the rebellious rise up against him. | |
| 8 | Praise our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise! | Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, | Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; | |
| 9 | He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip. | who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. | he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping. | |
| 10 | For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. | For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. | |
| 11 | You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer. | You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; | You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs. | |
| 12 | You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place. | you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. | You let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance. | |
| 13 | I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you, | I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you, | I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you— | |
| 14 | which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble. | that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. | vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble. | |
| 15 | I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah) | I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah | I will sacrifice fat animals to you and an offering of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. | |
| 16 | Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me. | Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. | Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. | |
| 17 | I cried out to him for help and praised him with my tongue. | I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. | I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. | |
| 18 | If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. | If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. | If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; | |
| 19 | However, God heard; he listened to my prayer. | But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. | but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. | |
| 20 | God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me! | Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! | Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me! | |
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