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 chief musician. A psalm. A song of David. For you, God in Zion, our praise waits; our vows will be carried out to you.

2 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.

You who hear prayer, to you all flesh will come.

3 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.

Iniquities prevail against us; as for our transgressions, you will forgive 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:

Blessed is the man whom you choose to bring near to you so that he may live in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, 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 righteousness you will answer us by doing amazing things, God of our salvation; you who are hope of all the ends of the earth and of those who are far across the sea.

6 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.

For it is you who made the mountains firm, you who are belted with strength.

7 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,

It is you who quiet the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the commotion of the peoples.

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 who live in the uttermost parts of the earth are afraid of the evidence of your deeds; you make the east and the west 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.

You come to help the earth; you water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide mankind grain when you have prepared the earth.

10 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.

You water its furrows abundantly; you settle down the furrows' ridges; you make them soft with rain showers; you bless the sprouts between them.

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, and your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.

12 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.

The pastures in the wilderness drip with dew, and the hills are clothed 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 pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with grain; they shout for joy, and they sing.