Psalm 65

An invitation to praise God.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 66, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 65.

English (Douay-Rheims)

Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection.

1 Shout with joy to God, all the earth,
2 Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise.
3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.
4 Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.
5 Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.
6 Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.
7 Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves.
8 O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard.
9 Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.
11 Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:
12 Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.
17 I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.
18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
19 Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.
20 Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 In finem. Canticum psalmi resurrectionis.

Jubilate Deo, omnis terra;
2 psalmum dicite nomini ejus;
date gloriam laudi ejus.
3 Dicite Deo: Quam terribilia sunt opera tua, Domine!
in multitudine virtutis tuæ mentientur tibi inimici tui.
4 Omnis terra adoret te, et psallat tibi;
psalmum dicat nomini tuo.
5 Venite, et videte opera Dei:
terribilis in consiliis super filios hominum.
6 Qui convertit mare in aridam;
in flumine pertransibunt pede:
ibi lætabimur in ipso.
7 Qui dominatur in virtute sua in æternum;
oculi ejus super gentes respiciunt:
qui exasperant non exaltentur in semetipsis.
8 Benedicite, gentes, Deum nostrum,
et auditam facite vocem laudis ejus:
9 qui posuit animam meam ad vitam,
et non dedit in commotionem pedes meos.
10 Quoniam probasti nos, Deus;
igne nos examinasti, sicut examinatur argentum.
11 Induxisti nos in laqueum;
posuisti tribulationes in dorso nostro;
12 imposuisti homines super capita nostra.
Transivimus per ignem et aquam,
et eduxisti nos in refrigerium.
13 Introibo in domum tuam in holocaustis;
reddam tibi vota mea 14 quæ distinxerunt labia mea:
et locutum est os meum in tribulatione mea.
15 Holocausta medullata offeram tibi, cum incenso arietum;
offeram tibi boves cum hircis.
16 Venite, audite, et narrabo, omnes qui timetis Deum,
quanta fecit animæ meæ.
17 Ad ipsum ore meo clamavi,
et exaltavi sub lingua mea.
18 Iniquitatem si aspexi in corde meo,
non exaudiet Dominus.
19 Propterea exaudivit Deus,
et attendit voci deprecationis meæ.
20 Benedictus Deus, qui non amovit orationem meam,
et misericordiam suam a me.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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