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.
God, it is right/appropriate [for us] to praise you in Jerusalem, and to do what [we] have promised you that [we] would do,
2 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
[because] you answer our prayers. People everywhere will come to you
3 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
because of the sins [that they have committed]. Our many sins are like a very heavy burden to us, but you forgive us.
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:
You are pleased with those whom you have chosen to live close to your temple. We are happy with all the blessings that we receive from [worshiping in] your sacred 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.
[God, when we pray to you], you answer us and save us by doing awesome deeds; you are the one who rescues us; people who live in very remote places on the earth, on the other side of the oceans, trust in you.
6 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
By your strength you put the mountains in their places, [showing that] you are very powerful.
7 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
You calm the seas when they roar, and you stop the waves from crashing [on the shore]; you [also] calm people when they (make a great uproar/shout angrily together).
8 and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid, before your signs. You will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable.
People who live in very remote/distant places on the earth (are awed by/revere) you because of the miracles that you perform; because of what you do, people who live far to the west and far to the east shout joyfully.
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 take care of the soil and send rain, causing many good things to grow; you fill the streams with water, and cause grain/crops to grow. That is what you have determined/said would happen.
10 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
You [send plenty of rain] on the fields that have been plowed, and you fill the furrows with water. With showers you soften the [hard clods/lumps of] soil, and you bless the soil by causing young plants to grow.
11 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.
Because you bless the soil, there are very good crops at harvest season; wherever you have gone [MTY], good crops are very abundant [IDM].
12 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
The pastures are full of flocks [of sheep and goats]; [it is as though] the hills are very joyful.
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 full of sheep and goats, and the valleys are full of grain; [it is as though] they [also] sing and shout joyfully.
