1. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!
2. Sing praises to the glory of God’s name!Make glorious his praise!
3. Say to God:"How awesome are your works!Because of your great strength,your enemies cringe before you.
4. All the earth worships you,sings praises to you,sings praises to your name!" Selah
5. Come and see God’s deeds;his works for human beings are awesome:
6. He turned the sea into dry landso they could cross the river on foot.Right there we rejoiced in him!
7. God rules with power forever;keeps a good eye on the nations.So don’t let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8. All you nations, bless our God!Let the sound of his praise be heard!
9. God preserved us among the living;he didn’t let our feet slip a bit.
10. But you, God, have tested us—you’ve refined us like silver,
11. trapped us in a net,laid burdens on our backs,
12. let other people run right over our heads—we’ve been through fire and water.But you brought us out to freedom!
13. So I’ll enter your housewith entirely burned offerings.I’ll keep the promises I made to you,
14. the ones my lips uttered,the ones my mouth spoke when I was in deep trouble.
15. I will offer the best burned offerings to youalong with the smoke of sacrificed rams.I will offer both bulls and goats. Selah
16. Come close and listen,all you who honor God;I will tell you what God has done for me:
17. My mouth cried out to himwith praise on my tongue.
18. If I had cherished evil in my heart,my Lord would not have listened.
19. But God definitely listened.He heard the sound of my prayer.
20. Bless God! He didn’t reject my prayer;he didn’t withhold his faithful love from me.