| Chapter 66 |
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To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.
Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth: --
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Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him. --
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Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet. --
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Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.) --
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Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men. --
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The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him. --
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He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.) --
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Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud; --
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Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved. --
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For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver. --
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You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs. --
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You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place. --
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I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you, --
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Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble. --
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I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.) --
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Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul. --
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My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld. --
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I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me: --
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But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer. --
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Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me. --
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