[1] Shout happily to God, all the earth! [2] Make music to praise the glory of his name. Make his praise glorious. [3] Say to God, "How awe-inspiring are your deeds! Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you. [4] The whole earth will worship you. It will make music to praise you. It will make music to praise your name." Selah [5] Come and see what God has done- his awe-inspiring deeds for Adam's descendants. [6] He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. We rejoiced because of what he did there. [7] He rules forever with his might. His eyes watch the nations. Rebels will not be able to oppose him. Selah [8] Thank our God, you nations. Make the sound of his praise heard. [9] He has kept us alive and has not allowed us to fall. [10] You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined. [11] You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs. [12] You let people ride over our heads. We went through fire and water, but then you brought us out and refreshed us. [13] I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you, [14] the vows made by my lips and spoken by my own mouth when I was in trouble. [15] I will offer you a sacrifice of fattened livestock for burnt offerings with the smoke from rams. I will offer cattle and goats. Selah [16] Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for me. [17] With my mouth I cried out to him. High praise was on my tongue. [18] If I had thought about doing anything sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me. [19] But God has heard me. He has paid attention to my prayer. [20] Thanks be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or taken away his mercy from me.
