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.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” To thee belongeth trust, to thee praise, O God in Zion! And to thee shall the vow be performed!
2 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
O Thou that hearest prayer! To thee shall all flesh come!
3 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
My iniquities are heavy upon me; But thou wilt forgive our transgressions!
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 he whom thou choosest, And bringest near thee to dwell in thy courts! May we be satisfied with the blessings of thy house, Thy holy temple!
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.
By wonderful deeds dost thou answer us in thy goodness, O God, our salvation! Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the most distant seas!
6 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
Thou makest fast the mountains by thy power, Being girded with strength!
7 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
Thou stillest the roar of the sea, The roar of its waves, And the tumult of the nations.
8 and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid, before your signs. You will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable.
They who dwell in the ends of the earth are awed by thy signs; Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to rejoice!
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.
Thou visitest the earth and waterest it; Thou enrichest it exceedingly; The river of God is full of water. Thou suppliest the earth with corn, When thou hast thus prepared it.
10 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
Thou waterest its furrows, And breakest down its ridges; Thou makest it soft with showers, And blessest its increase.
11 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; Thy footsteps drop fruitfulness;
12 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
They drop it upon the pastures of the wilderness, And the hills are girded with gladness.
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 pastures are clothed with flocks, And the valleys are covered with corn; They shout, yea, they sing for joy.
