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. A psalm of David. A song. It is seemly to praise you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.
2 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
O you who hear prayer, unto you shall all flesh come.
3 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
Our sins are too mighty for us, our transgressions you only can cover them.
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 the person who you choose to live beside you in your courts. O may we be filled with the joys of your house, of your 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.
In dread deeds you loyally answer us, O God of our salvation, whom all ends of the earth put their trust in, and islands far away.
6 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
By your strength you establish the hills, you are armed with might;
7 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
you still the roaring of seas, and the turmoil of 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.
so that those who live at earth’s bounds are awed at your signs: the lands of the sunrise and sunset you make to ring with joy.
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 visit and water the earth; you greatly enrich her with the river of God, which is full of water. You prepare the corn thereof,
10 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
watering her furrows, settling her ridges; you make her soft with showers, and bless what grows thereon.
11 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.
You crown the year with your goodness, your chariot tracks drip with fatness.
12 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
The desert pastures are lush, the hills greened with joy.
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 meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys are covered with corn; they shout to each other and sing.
