THE
BOOK OF PSALMS
Psalms 66-68
To the
chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.
1
¶ Raise a joyful sound to God, all you lands:
2
Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious.
3
Say to God, How terrifying are the things you do! Because of your great
strength your enemies will cringe before to you.
4
All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to
your name. Selah.
5
Come and see the works of God: what he does is terrifying to the
children of men.
6
He turned the sea into dry land: and they went through the river
on foot: so let us delight in him.
7
He rules by his power forever; his eyes watch the nations: do not let the
rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8
¶ O bless our God, you people, and cause the sound of his praise to be heard:
9
For he kept us alive, and did not allow our feet to slip.
10
For you, O God, have tested us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
11
You brought us into the net; you laid affliction upon our backs.
12
You allowed men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water:
but you brought us out into a place of plenty.
13
¶ I will enter your house with burnt offerings: I will pay my vows to
you,
14
Those my lips spoke, and my mouth promised, when I was in trouble.
15
I will offer to you fattened sheep as burnt sacrifices, with the fragrant smoke
of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah.
16
Come listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for my
soul.
17
When I called to him with my mouth, high praise was on my tongue.
18
If I make excuses for sin in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19
But God has certainly heard me; and has listened to what I
said in prayer.
20
Praise God, who has not rejected my prayer, or withdrawn his mercy from me.
Psalm
67
To the chief Musician on stringed instruments, A Psalm
or Song.
1
¶ May God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine
upon us; Selah.
2
That your way may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
3
Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you.
4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for you will judge the people
righteously, and govern the nations of the earth. Selah.
5
Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you.
6
Then the earth will yield her increase; and God, even our
own God, will bless us.
7
God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Psalm
68
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of
David.
1
¶ Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let those who hate him flee from
him.
2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before
the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them overflow
with joy.
4
Sing to God, sing praises to his name: exalt him who rides upon the clouds by
his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5
God, in his holy habitation, is a father of the fatherless, and a defender of
widows.
6
God provides homes for those who are deserted: he frees those who are bound
with chains: but the rebellious live in a dry land.
7
¶ O God, when you went out in front of your people, when you marched through
the desert; Selah:
8
The earth quaked, the heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God: even
Sinai itself shook at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9
You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, by which you refreshed your land, when it
was weary.
10
Your congregation found a dwelling place in it: you, O God, have provided of your
goodness for the poor.
11
The Lord gave the word: that made a mighty army rejoice.
12
The kings and their armies fled; and the woman who remained at home got her
share of the spoil.
13
Though you may lie among the pots, you will be as the wings of a dove
covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.
14
When the Almighty was scattering kings in the land, it was like when it
snows on
15
¶ The hill of God is like the hill of Bashan; a high hill like
the hill of Bashan.
16
Why do you high hills gaze with envy? at the mountain that God
desired for his dwelling; yea, the LORD will live there forever.
17
God’s chariots are twice ten thousand, even thousands upon
thousands: the Lord is among them, as he was in Sinai, in the
holy place.
18
You have ascended on high, you have led prisoners captive: you have received
gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might
dwell among them.
19
Blessed is the Lord, who daily carries our burdens, even
the God who saves us. Selah.
20
He who is our God is the God who saves us; and the Lord GOD
rescues us from death.
21
But God will crush the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of one
who continues in sin.
22
¶ The Lord said, I will bring them back from
23
So that you may wash your feet in the blood of your enemies, and
the tongue of your dogs may share in the same.
24
They have seen your procession, O God; even the procession for my God,
my King, into the holy place.
25
The singers went first, those who played on instruments followed; among them
were the girls playing on tambourines.
26
Praise God in the congregation, even the Lord, you who are from
the fountain of Israel.
27
There is little Benjamin in the lead, the leaders of Judah and
their company, the leaders of Zebulun, and the leaders of Naphtali.
28
Summon your power: exert your strength, O God, in what you do for us.
29
Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring presents to you.
30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the herd of the bulls, with the calves of the
people, trample under foot those who lust for tribute: scatter the people who
delight in war.
31
Princes will come from Egypt; Ethiopia will soon stretch out her hands to God.
32
¶ Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the Lord; Selah:
33
To him who rides through the highest heavens, the heavens that were of
old; listen, he sends out his voice, and it thunders mightily.
34
Acknowledge God’s power: his majesty is over Israel, and his power is
in the clouds.
35
O God, you are terrifying when you come from your holy place: but the
God of Israel is the one who gives strength and power to his
people. Blessed be God.