Psalms, 65

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

1. [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David Song] Praise is rightfully yours, God, in Zion. Vows to you shall be fulfilled,

1. Praise is due to thee, O God, in Zion; and to thee shall vows be performed,

2. for you answer prayer. All humanity must come to you

2. O thou who hearest prayer! To thee shall all flesh come

3. with its sinful deeds. Our faults overwhelm us, but you blot them out.

3. on account of sins. When our transgressions prevail over us, thou dost forgive them.

4. How blessed those whom you choose and invite to dwell in your courts. We shall be filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

4. Blessed is he whom thou dost choose and bring near, to dwell in thy courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple!

5. You respond to us with the marvels of your saving justice, God our Saviour, hope of the whole wide world, even the distant islands.

5. By dread deeds thou dost answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest seas;

6. By your strength you hold the mountains steady, being clothed in power,

6. who by thy strength hast established the mountains, being girded with might;

7. you calm the turmoil of the seas, the turmoil of their waves. The nations are in uproar, in panic those who live at the ends of the earth;

7. who dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples;

8. your miracles bring shouts of joy to the gateways of morning and evening.

8. so that those who dwell at earth's farthest bounds are afraid at thy signs; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

9. You visit the earth and make it fruitful, you fill it with riches; the river of God brims over with water, you provide the grain. To that end

9. Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water; thou providest their grain, for so thou hast prepared it.

10. you water its furrows abundantly, level its ridges, soften it with showers and bless its shoots.

10. Thou waterest its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.

11. You crown the year with your generosity, richness seeps from your tracks,

11. Thou crownest the year with thy bounty; the tracks of thy chariot drip with fatness.

12. the pastures of the desert grow moist, the hillsides are wrapped in joy,

12. The pastures of the wilderness drip, the hills gird themselves with joy,

13. the meadows are covered with flocks, the valleys clothed with wheat; they shout and sing for joy.

13. the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.