Psalms 65

1 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.

For the end, a Psalm [and] Song of David. Praise becomes you, O God, in Sion; and to you shall the vow be performed.

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

Hear my prayer; to you all flesh shall come.

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

The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do you pardon our sins.

4 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.

Blessed [is he] whom you have chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in your courts; we shall be filled with the good things of your house; your temple is holy.

5 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;

[You are] wonderful in righteousness. Listen to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them [that are] on the sea afar off:

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

who do establish the mountains in your strength, being girded about with power;

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

who trouble the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves.

8 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.

The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends [of the earth] shall be afraid of your signs; you will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.

9 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.

You have visited the earth, and saturated it; you have abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; you have prepared their food, for thus is the preparation [of it].

10 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.

Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; [the crop] springing up shall rejoice in its drops.

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

You will bless the crown of the year [because] of your goodness; and your plains shall be filled with fatness.

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

The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy.

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

The rams of the flock are clothed [with wool], and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yes they shall sing hymns.