To the chief Musician, A Poem, a Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth:

For the conductor, a song, a psalm. Shout to G d, all of the earth.

sing to the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.

Sing the glory of His name. Make [His] glory His praise.

Say to God, How terrible are Thy works! through the greatness of Thy power shall Thy enemies cringe before Thee.

Say about G d: How awesome [is each one of] Your deeds. In [(the manifestation of)] Your great strength, Your foes [(in fear)] [admit] their falsehood [and their transgressions] to You.

All the earth shall worship Thee, and shall sing to Thee; they shall sing to Thy name. (Sela.)

All the earth will bow down to You and sing to You. They will sing Your name forever.

Come and see the works of God: terrible is his doing towards the children of men.

Go and see the acts of G d, fearsome of deed over men [(all of their acts being revealed to Him)].

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

He turned the [Red] sea into dry land. They crossed the [Jordan] river on foot. There [(transpired something at which)] it [the sea] rejoiced in Him.

He rules by his power forever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Sela.)

He reigns in His strength [over the entire] world. His eyes survey the nations. Those who turn [from good] will never again be upraised.

O bless our God, you peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Peoples, bless our G d, and make heard the sound of His praise.

who has kept our soul in life, and has not suffered our foot to be moved.

[For] He keeps our souls in life [in exile] and does not allow our feet to slip [i.e., You (our foes) are unable to annihilate us].

For Thou, O God, hast tested us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is refined.

For [(in our afflictions in exile)] You have tried us, O G d. You have refined us as one refines silver.

Thou hast brought us into the net; Thou hast laid affliction upon our loins.

You brought us into [an exile confined as] a fortress-prison. You placed confinement on our thighs.

Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but Thou didst bring us out into abundance.

You placed men [(the kings of the idolatrous nations)] over our heads. We went through fire and water; but You took us out in relief.

I will go into Thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay Thee my vows,

I shall come to Your house [(the Temple, when it is rebuilt)] with [the] burnt-offerings [(which I vowed in exile)]. I shall pay my vows to You,

which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.

which my lips opened [(to express)] and which my mouth spoke in my affliction.

I will offer unto Thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the sweet smoke of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. (Sela.)

I shall sacrifice the fattest burnt-offerings to You, with the incense of rams. I shall sacrifice bullocks with goats, forever [(in the last, eternally enduring, Temple.)]

Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.

Go, hear, and I shall relate, all you who fear G d [(the proselytes)], what He has done for my soul.

I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

My mouth called out to Him [(in exile)], and His praise was under my tongue.

If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard:

Though I saw sin in my heart, the L rd would not [see and not] hear.

but verily God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

In truth, G d [saw and G d] heard, [in spite of which] He listened to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor removed his steadfast love from me.

Blessed is G d, who did not remove my prayer [from before Him] or His lovingkindness from me.