Kerry Beck's Blog

To the leader.

A Song.  A Psalm.

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 for ever,

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.