Psalms 65
65
PSALM 65
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Praise waits for thee in Sion, Lord:
to thee vows paid shall be.
2O thou that hearer art of pray'r,
all flesh shall come to thee.
3Iniquities, I must confess,
prevail against me do:
But as for our transgressions,
them purge away shalt thou.
4Bless'd is the man whom thou dost chuse,
and mak'st approach to thee,
That he within thy courts, O Lord,
may still a dweller be:
We surely shall be satisfy'd
with thy abundant grace,
And with the goodness of thy house,
ev'n of thy holy place.
5O God of our salvation,
thou, in thy righteousness,
By fearful works unto our pray'rs
thine answer dost express:
Therefore the ends of all the earth,
and those afar that be
Upon the sea, their confidence,
O Lord, will place in thee.
6Who, being girt with pow'r, sets fast
by his great strength the hills.
7Who noise of seas, noise of their waves,
and people's tumult, stills.
8Those in the utmost parts that dwell
are at thy signs afraid:
Th' outgoings of the morn and ev'n
by thee are joyful made.
9The earth thou visit'st, wat'ring it;
thou mak'st it rich to grow
With God's full flood; thou corn prepar'st,
when thou provid'st it so.
10Her rigs thou wat'rest plenteously,
her furrows settelest:
With show'rs thou dost her mollify,
her spring by thee is blest.
11So thou the year most lib'rally
dost with thy goodness crown;
And all thy paths abundantly
on us drop fatness down.
12They drop upon the pastures wide,
that do in deserts lie;
The little hills on ev'ry side
rejoice right pleasantly.
13With flocks the pastures clothed be,
the vales with corn are clad;
And now they shout and sing to thee,
for thou hast made them glad.
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Psalms 65
65
Thanksgiving for God’s Blessings
1For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
I
2To you we owe our hymn of praise,
O God on Zion;
To you our vows#Vows: the Israelites were accustomed to promising sacrifices in the Temple if their prayers were heard. must be fulfilled,
3#To you all flesh must come: all must have recourse to God’s mercy.you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come#Is 66:23.
4with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins;
only you can pardon them.#Ps 32:1–2; 78:38; Is 1:18.
5Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring
to dwell in your courts.
May we be filled with the good things of your house,
your holy temple!
II
6You answer us with awesome deeds#Awesome deeds: the acts of creating—installing mountains, taming seas, restraining nations (Ps 65:7–8)—that are visible worldwide (Ps 65:6, 9). of justice,
O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth
and of those far off across the sea.#Is 66:19.
7You are robed in power,
you set up the mountains by your might.
8You still the roaring of the seas,#Ps 89:10; 107:29; Jb 38:11; Mt 8:26.
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.#Is 17:12.
9Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
10#Apparently a description of the agricultural year, beginning with the first fall rains that soften the hard sun-baked soil (Ps 65:9–10).You visit the earth and water it,
make it abundantly fertile.#Lv 26:4; Is 30:23, 25; Jl 2:22–23.
God’s stream#God’s stream: the fertile waters of the earth derive from God’s fertile waters in the heavenly world. is filled with water;
you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it:
11you drench its plowed furrows,
and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft,
blessing its young sprouts.
12You adorn the year with your bounty;
your paths#Paths: probably the tracks of God’s storm chariot dropping rain upon earth. drip with fruitful rain.
13The meadows of the wilderness also drip;
the hills are robed with joy.
14The pastures are clothed with flocks,
the valleys blanketed with grain;
they cheer and sing for joy.#Is 44:23.
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