Psalm 65

[1] Praise is due to you,   

         O God, in Zion;   

    and to you shall vows be performed,   

[2] O you who answer prayer!   

    To you all flesh shall come.   

[3] When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,   

         you forgive our transgressions.   

[4] Happy are those whom you choose and bring near   

         to live in your courts.   

    We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,   

         your holy temple.

[5] By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,   

         O God of our salvation;   

    you are the hope of all the ends of the earth   

         and of the farthest seas.   

[6] By your strength you established the mountains;   

         you are girded with might.   

[7] You silence the roaring of the seas,   

         the roaring of their waves,   

         the tumult of the peoples.   

[8] Those who live at earth's farthest bounds are awed by your signs;   

         you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

[9] You visit the earth and water it,   

         you greatly enrich it;   

    the river of God is full of water;   

         you provide the people with grain,   

         for so you have prepared it.   

[10] You water its furrows abundantly,   

         settling its ridges,   

    softening it with showers,   

         and blessing its growth.   

[11] You crown the year with your bounty;   

         your wagon tracks overflow with richness.   

[12] The pastures of the wilderness overflow,   

         the hills gird themselves with joy,   

[13] the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,   

         the valleys deck themselves with grain,   

         they shout and sing together for joy.