Psalms 65
1 to/for to conduct melody to/for David song to/for you silence praise God in/on/with Zion and to/for you to complete vow
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 to hear: hear prayer till you all flesh to come (in): come
[because] you answer our prayers. People everywhere will come to you
3 word: because iniquity: guilt to prevail from me transgression our you(m. s.) to atone them
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 to choose and to present: come to dwell court your to satisfy in/on/with goodness house: home your holy temple your
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 to fear: revere in/on/with righteousness to answer us God salvation our confidence all boundary land: country/planet and sea distant
[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 to establish: make mountain: mount in/on/with strength his to gird in/on/with might
By your strength you put the mountains in their places, [showing that] you are very powerful.
7 to soothe roar sea roar heap: wave their and crowd people
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 to fear: revere to dwell end from sign: miraculous your exit morning and evening to sing
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 to reckon: visit [the] land: country/planet and to overflow her many to enrich her stream God to fill water to establish: prepare grain their for right to establish: prepare her
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 furrow her to quench to descend furrow her in/on/with shower to melt her branch her to bless
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 to crown year welfare your and track your to drip [emph?] ashes
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 to drip habitation wilderness and rejoicing hill to gird
The pastures are full of flocks [of sheep and goats]; [it is as though] the hills are very joyful.
13 to clothe pasture [the] flock and valley to envelope grain to shout also to sing
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.
