Psalms 65
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile. O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
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 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.
3 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.
4 Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up. He will dwell in your courts. We will be filled with the good things of your house. Holy is your 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 wonderful in equity. Hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of a sea far away.
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 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:
7 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.
8 and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid, before your signs. You will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable.
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 You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it. You have enriched it in so many ways. The river of God has been filled with water. You have prepared their food. For thus is its preparation.
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 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
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 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.
The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,
12 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.
13 The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain. They will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.
The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.
