Psalms 65

1 Praise waits for thee, O God, in Zion. And to thee the vow shall be performed.

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song. It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.

2 O thou who hear prayer, to thee all flesh shall come.

To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.

3 Iniquities prevail against me. As for our transgressions, thou will forgive them.

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choose and cause to approach, that he may dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple.

Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

5 By awesome things thou will answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, thou who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are afar off upon the sea,

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

6 who by his strength sets firm the mountains, being girded about with might,

The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

7 who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

8 They also who dwell in the outermost parts are afraid at thy signs. Thou make the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

9 Thou visit the earth, and water it; thou greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. Thou provide them grain when thou have so prepared the earth.

You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

10 Thou water its furrows abundantly. Thou settle the ridges of it. Thou make it soft with showers. Thou bless the springing of it.

You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.

11 Thou crown the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness.

The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with joy.

Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks. The valleys also are covered over with grain. They shout for joy; they also sing.

The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.