Text of prayer Psalm 66
At the present stage, there are two translations from Hebrew. The first is a classic for the Orthodox Church and is written in Church Slavonic. This prayer is read mainly in churches. The second option is adapted to the Russian language and gives a better understanding of the meaning.
In Church Slavonic
In Russian
PSALMS. PSALM 56-66
PSALM 56
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1 To the director of the choir. Don't destroy it. Scripture of David when he ran away from Saul into the cave.
2 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for my soul trusts in You, and in the shadow of Your wings I will hide until the troubles are past.
3 I will cry to the Most High God, the God who does good to me;
4 He will send from heaven and save me; He will put to shame the one who seeks to devour me; God will send His mercy and His truth.
5 My soul is among the lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, among the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
6 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be over all the earth!
7 They have prepared a net for my feet; my soul is drooping; They dug a hole in front of me, and they themselves fell into it.
8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing and praise.
9 Arise, my glory, arise, psalter and harp! I'll get up early.
10 I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the nations,
11 For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the clouds.
12 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be over all the earth!
PSALM 57
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1 To the director of the choir. Don't destroy it. Scripture of David.
2 Do you, O judges, speak the truth, and judge justly, O sons of men?
3 You form iniquity in your heart; you put on the scales the iniquity of your hands on the earth.
4 From birth the wicked have departed; from the womb they have gone astray, speaking lies.
5 Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf adder that stops its ears
6 and does not hear the voice of the spellcaster, the most skilled in spells.
7 God! break their teeth in their mouth; Break, Lord, the jaws of the lions!
8 Let them disappear like running water; when the arrows are strained, let them be as broken.
9 Let them disappear like a snail opening; let them not see the sun, like a woman's miscarriage.
10 Before your cauldrons feel the burning thorns, let both the fresh and the burnt be carried away by a whirlwind.
11 The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
12 And the man will say, “Surely there is fruit for the righteous!” So there is a God who judges on earth!
PSALM 58
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1 To the director of the choir. Don't destroy it. The Scripture of David, when Saul sent to keep his house to kill him.
2 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God! protect me from those who rise up against me;
3 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity; save from the bloodthirsty,
4 For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty are gathered against me, not because of my transgression and not because of my sin, O Lord;
5 without my guilt they run and arm themselves; move to help me and look.
6 Thou, O Lord, God of hosts, God of Israel, arise to visit all nations, and spare not one of the wicked wicked:
7 In the evening they return, howl like dogs, and walk around the city;
8 Behold, they spew out blasphemy with their tongues; swords are in their mouths: “for,” they think, “who can hear?”
9 But You, O Lord, will laugh at them; You will put all nations to shame.
10 They have the power, but I take refuge in You, for God is my intercessor.
11 My battle, which has mercy on me, will go before me; God will allow me to look at my enemies.
12 Do not kill them, lest my people forget; scatter them with Thy power and overthrow them, O Lord our protector.
13 The word of their tongue is the sin of their lips, so that they may be caught in their pride for the oath and the lie that they utter.
14 Waste them in wrath, waste them so that they may not exist; and let them know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth.
15 Let them return in the evening, howl like dogs, and walk around the city;
16 Let them wander to find food, and let the unfed pass the night.
17 And I will sing of Your power and proclaim Your mercy from the early morning, for You were my refuge and refuge in the day of my trouble.
18 My strength! I will sing praises to you, for God is my intercessor, my God who has mercy on me.
PSALM 59
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1 To the director of the choir. On the musical instrument Shushan-Eduf. David's Scripture to Study,
2 When he fought with Syria of Mesopotamia and with Syria of Zonov, and when Joab, returning, defeated twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt.
3 God! You rejected us, You crushed us, You were angry: turn to us.
4 You have shaken the earth, you have broken it: heal its damage, for it is shaking.
5 You have made your people experience cruel things; you have given us to drink the wine of amazement.
6 Give a banner to those who fear You, so that they may lift it up for the sake of the truth,
7 that Thy beloved may be delivered; save with Your right hand and hear me.
8 God said in His sanctuary: “I will triumph, I will divide Shechem and measure the valley of Succoth:
9 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my scepter,
10 Moab is my washbowl; I will stretch my boot on Edom. Shout to Me, land of the Philistines!
11 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?
12 Is it not you, O God, who has cast us away, and come not forth, O God, with our armies?
13 Give us help in distress, for human defense is vanity.
14 With God we will show strength; He will overthrow our enemies.
PSALM 60
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1 To the director of the choir. On a string instrument. Psalm of David.
2 Hear, O God, my cry, listen to my prayer!
3 From the ends of the earth I cry to You in the despondency of my heart; take me to a rock out of reach for me,
4 For You are my refuge, You are a strong defense from the enemy.
5 May I live forever in Your habitation and rest under the shelter of Your wings,
6 For You, O God, have heard my vows and have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.
7 Add the days to the days of the king, extend his years for generations and generations,
8 May he abide forever before God; command mercy and truth to protect him.
9 And I will sing to Your name forever, fulfilling my vows every day.
PSALM 61
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1 To the head of the choir Idifumov. Psalm of David.
2 My soul rests only in God: my salvation comes from Him.
3 He alone is my rock, my salvation, my refuge: I will not be shaken any more.
4 How long will you press on the person? You will be cast down, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence.
5 They plotted to overthrow him from on high and resorted to lies; They bless with their lips, but curse in their hearts.
6 Rest in God only, my soul! for in Him is my hope.
7 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my refuge: I will not be shaken.
8 In God is my salvation and my glory; The strength of my strength and my trust are in God.
9 People! trust in Him at all times; pour out your heart before Him: God is our refuge.
10 The sons of men are but vanity; sons of husbands - lies; if you put them on the scales, all of them together are lighter than emptiness.
11 Do not rely on robbery and do not be conceited in theft; when wealth increases, do not put your heart on it.
12 God said once, and I heard it twice, that with God is the power,
13 And with You, O Lord, is mercy, for You reward everyone according to his deeds.
PSALM 62
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1 Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judea.
2 God! You are my God, I have been looking for You since the early dawn; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You in an empty, parched and waterless land,
3 to see Your power and Your glory, as I saw You in the sanctuary:
4 For Your mercy is better than life. My lips will praise You.
5 Thus will I bless You in my life; in Your name I will lift up my hands.
6 As my soul is satisfied with fatness and oil, and my mouth praises You with a joyful voice,
7 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches of the night,
8 For You are my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice;
9 My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
10 But those who seek the destruction of my soul will go down to the depths of the earth;
11 They will slay them with the might of the sword; they will fall as prey to the foxes.
12 But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him will be praised, for the lips of those who speak falsehood will be stopped.
PSALM 63
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1 To the director of the choir. Psalm of David.
2 Hear, O God, my voice in my prayer, preserve my life from the fear of the enemy;
3 Protect me from the plans of the treacherous, from the rebellion of evildoers,
4 who have sharpened their tongue like a sword; they have strained their bow - a sarcastic word,
5 to secretly shoot at the blameless; they suddenly shoot at him and are not afraid.
6 They were confirmed in their evil intentions, they took counsel to hide the snare, saying: who will see them?
7 They seek out untruths, make investigation after investigation, even to the inner life of a person and to the depths of the heart.
8 But God will strike them with an arrow; suddenly they will be wounded;
9 They will smite themselves with their tongue; all who see them will depart from them.
10 And all men will fear and proclaim the work of God, and understand that it is His work.
11 But the righteous will rejoice in the Lord and trust in Him; and all the upright in heart will boast.
PSALM 64
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1 To the director of the choir. Psalm of David for singing.
2 To you, O God, is praise due in Zion, and to you will the vow be rendered [in Jerusalem].
3 You hear the prayer; All flesh comes to You.
4 The works of iniquity prevail against me; You will cleanse our crimes.
5 Blessed is he whom You have chosen and brought near to dwell in Your courts. Let us be satisfied with the blessings of Your house, Your holy temple.
6 Fearful in justice, hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and those who are far off at sea,
7 who raised the mountains with his strength, girded with might,
8 the calming noise of the seas, the noise of their waves and the rebellion of the nations!
9 And they that dwell in the ends of the earth shall fear thy signs. Thou shalt awaken morning and evening to Thy glory.
10 You visit the earth and quench its thirst, you enrich it abundantly: the stream of God is full of water; You prepare the bread, for this is how you made it;
11 You will water its furrows, you will level its clods, you will soften it with drops of rain, you will bless its growth;
12 Thou crownest the summer of Thy goodness, and Thy paths are full of fatness,
13 They pour out upon the desert pastures, and the hills are girded with joy;
14 The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered with grain; they shout and sing.
PSALM 65
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1 To the director of the choir. Song. Shout to God, all the earth.
2 Sing praise to His name, give glory, praise to Him.
3 Tell God: How terrible You are in Your works! According to the abundance of Your power, Your enemies will submit to You.
4 Let all the earth worship You and sing to You, and sing to Your name, O Most High!
5 Come and behold the works of God, who is terrible in his dealings with the sons of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land; We crossed the river in our feet, and there we rejoiced in Him.
7 By His power He rules forever; His eyes are on the nations, so that the rebels will not be exalted.
8 O peoples, bless our God and proclaim His praise.
9 He kept our soul alive and did not let our feet slip.
10 You have tested us, O God, and refined us, as silver is refined.
11 You brought us into a snare, you put fetters on our loins,
12 He set a man on our head. We entered fire and water, and You brought us to freedom.
13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings, I will pay You my vows,
14 which my mouth uttered and my tongue uttered in my affliction.
15 I will offer you fat burnt offerings with the incense of the fat of rams, I will sacrifice oxen and goats.
16 Come, listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth and exalted Him with my tongue.
18 If I had seen iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have heard me.
19 But God heard and listened to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer and did not turn away His mercy from me.
PSALM 66
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1 To the director of the choir. On string instruments. Psalm. Song.
2 God! be merciful to us and bless us, illuminate us with Your face,
3 So that on earth they may know Your way, and Your salvation among all nations.
4 Let the nations praise you, O God; may all nations praise you.
5 Let the nations rejoice and rejoice, for You judge the nations in righteousness and rule over the nations of the earth.
6 Let the nations praise you, O God; let all nations praise you.
7 The earth gave its fruit; God bless us, our God.
8 May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear Him.
