Psalm 66 and Psalm 98

Psalm 66

[1]   Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;  
[2]        sing the glory of his name;  
          give to him glorious praise.  
[3]   Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!  
          Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.  
[4]   All the earth worships you;  
          they sing praises to you,  
          sing praises to your name."                                        
             Selah

[5]   Come and see what God has done:  
          he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.  
[6]   He turned the sea into dry land;  
          they passed through the river on foot.  
     There we rejoiced in him,  
[7]        who rules by his might forever,  
     whose eyes keep watch on the nations --  
          let the rebellious not exalt themselves.                          
     Selah

[8]   Bless our God, O peoples,  
          let the sound of his praise be heard,  
[9]   who has kept us among the living,  
          and has not let our feet 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 burdens on our backs;  
[12]  you let people ride over our heads;  
          we went through fire and through water;  
     yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.

[13]  I will come into your house with burnt offerings;  
          I will pay you my vows,  
[14]  those that my lips uttered  
          and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.  
[15]  I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings,  
          with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;  
     I will make an offering of bulls and goats.                            
    Selah

[16]  Come and hear, all you who fear God,  
          and I will tell what he has done for me.  
[17]  I cried aloud to him,  
          and he was extolled with my tongue.  
[18]  If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,  
          the Lord would not have listened.  
[19]  But truly God has listened;  
          he has given heed to the words of my prayer.

[20]  Blessed be God,  
          because he has not rejected my prayer  
          or removed his steadfast love from me.

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Psalm 98

[1]   O sing to the LORD a new song,  

          for he has done marvelous things.  

     His right hand and his holy arm  

          have gained him victory.  

[2]   The LORD has made known his victory;  

          he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.  

[3]   He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness  

          to the house of Israel.  

     All the ends of the earth have seen  

          the victory of our God.

[4]   Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;  

          break forth into joyous song and sing praises.  

[5]   Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,  

          with the lyre and the sound of melody.  

[6]   With trumpets and the sound of the horn  

          make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.

[7]   Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;  

          the world and those who live in it.  

[8]   Let the floods clap their hands;  

          let the hills sing together for joy  

[9]   at the presence of the LORD, for he is coming  

          to judge the earth.   

     He will judge the world with righteousness,  

          and the peoples with equity.