Psalms 65

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of David. O God, praise waiteth for thee in Zion, and vnto thee shall the vowe be perfourmed.

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song. It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.

2 Because thou hearest the prayer, vnto thee shall all flesh come.

To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.

3 Wicked deedes haue preuailed against me: but thou wilt be mercifull vnto our transgressions.

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

4 Blessed is he, whom thou chusest and causest to come to thee: he shall dwell in thy courtes, and we shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thine House, euen of thine holy Temple.

Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

5 O God of our saluation, thou wilt answere vs with fearefull signes in thy righteousnes, O thou the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are farre off in the sea.

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

6 He stablisheth the mountaines by his power: and is girded about with strength.

The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

7 He appeaseth the noyse of the seas and the noyse of the waues thereof, and the tumults of the people.

Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

8 They also, that dwell in the vttermost parts of the earth, shalbe afraide of thy signes: thou shalt make the East and the West to reioyce.

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the Riuer of God is full of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest it.

You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

10 Thou waterest abundantly the furrowes thereof: thou causest the raine to descende into the valleies thereof: thou makest it soft with showres, and blessest the bud thereof.

You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.

11 Thou crownest ye yeere with thy goodnesse, and thy steppes droppe fatnesse.

The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

12 They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes.

Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.

13 The pastures are clad with sheepe: the valleis also shalbe couered with corne: therefore they shoute for ioye, and sing.

The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.