Psalm 65

For the choir director. A psalm of David. A song.

1To you, God, silence is praise in Zion, and to you vows will be fulfilled.

2You who hear prayer, to you all people will come.

3When deeds of guilt overwhelm me, you make atonement for our transgressions.

4Blessed is the one you choose and bring near to dwell in your courts! We will be satisfied with the good things of your house, your holy temple.

5With awesome deeds you answer us in righteousness, God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,

6who set the mountains in place by his power, clothed with strength,

7who calms the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the uproar of the peoples.

8Those who live at the ends of the earth are in awe of your signs; you make the lands of sunrise and sunset shout for joy.

9You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it; the stream of God is full of water. You provide people with grain, for so you have prepared the land.

10You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its growth.

11You crown the year with your goodness, and your paths overflow with abundance.

12The pastures of the wilderness overflow, and the hills are clothed with joy.

13The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered with grain; they shout for joy; yes, they sing.