[1] Everything on earth, shout with joy to God!
[2] Praise his glorious name! Honor him with songs of praise!
[3] Tell God how wonderful his works are! God, your power is very great! Your enemies bow down. They are afraid of you!
[4] Let the whole world worship you. Let everyone sing praises to your name.
[5] Look at the things God did! Those things amaze us.
[6] God made the sea become dry land. His happy people walked across the river.
[7] God rules the world with his great power. God watches people everywhere. No person can rebel against him. selah
[8] People, praise our God. Sing loud songs of praise to him.
[9] God gave us life. And God protects us.
[10] God tested us, like people test silver with fire.
[11] God, you let us be trapped. You put heavy burdens on us.
[12] You let our enemies walk on us. You dragged us through fire and water. But you brought us to a safe place.
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[14] So I will bring sacrifices to your temple. When I was in trouble, I asked you for help. I made many promises to you. Now, I am giving you the things that I promised.
[15] I am giving you sin offerings. I am giving you incense with the rams. I am giving you bulls and goats. selah
[16] All of you people worshiping God, come and I will tell you what God did for me.
[17] I prayed to him. I praised him.
[18] My heart was pure, so my Master listened to me.
[19] God listened to me. God heard my prayer.
[20] Praise God! God did not turn away from me— he listened to my prayer. God showed his love to me!