Make a Joyful Noise

For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm.

¹ Make a joyful noise to God,

all the earth!

² Sing the glory of His name;

make His praise glorious.

³ Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds!

So great is Your power

that Your enemies cower before You.

⁴ All the earth bows down to You;

they sing praise to You;

they sing praise to Your name.”

Selah

⁵ Come and see the works of God;

how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.

⁶ He turned the sea into dry land;

they passed through the waters on foot;

there we rejoiced in Him.

⁷ He rules forever by His power;

His eyes watch the nations.

Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.

Selah

⁸ Bless our God, O peoples;

let the sound of His praise be heard.

⁹ He preserves our lives

and keeps our feet from slipping.

¹⁰ For You , O God, have tested us;

You have refined us like silver.

¹¹ You led us into the net;^*

You laid burdens on our backs.

¹² You let men ride over our heads;

we went through fire and water,

but You brought us into abundance.^*

¹³ I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;

I will fulfill my vows to You —

¹⁴ the vows that my lips promised

and my mouth spoke in my distress.

¹⁵ I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings,

with the fragrant smoke of rams;

I will offer bulls and goats.

Selah

¹⁶ Come and listen, all you who fear God,

and I will declare what He has done for me.

¹⁷ I cried out to Him with my mouth

and praised Him with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹ But God has surely heard;

He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer

or withheld from me His loving devotion!