8. Praise our God, you peoples;let the sound of His praise be heard.
9. He keeps us alive and does not allow our feet to slip.
10. For You, God, tested us;You refined us as silver is refined.
11. You lured us into a trap;You placed burdens on our backs.
12. You let men ride over our heads;we went through fire and water,but You brought us out to abundance.
13. I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;I will pay You my vows
14. that my lips promisedand my mouth spoke during my distress.
15. I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,with the fragrant smoke of rams;I will sacrifice oxen with goats. Selah
16. Come and listen, all who fear God,and I will tell what He has done for me.
17. I cried out to Him with my mouth,and praise was on my tongue.
18. If I had been aware of malice in my heart,the Lord would not have listened.
19. However, God has listened;He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.
20. May God be praised!He has not turned away my prayeror turned His faithful love from me.