Psalms 65
65
Psalm 65
For the choir director; a psalm by David; a song.
1You are praised with silence in Zion, O God,
and vows ⌞made⌟ to you must be kept.
2You are the one who hears prayers.
Everyone will come to you.
3Various sins overwhelm me.
You are the one who forgives our rebellious acts.
4Blessed is the person you choose
and invite to live with you in your courtyards.
We will be filled with good food from your house,
from your holy temple.
5You answer us with awe-inspiring acts ⌞done⌟ in righteousness,
O God, our savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the most distant sea,
6the one who set the mountains in place with his strength,
the one who is clothed with power,
7the one who calms the roar of the seas,
their crashing waves,
and the uproar of the nations.
8Those who live at the ends of the earth are in awe of your miraculous signs.
The lands of the morning sunrise and evening sunset sing joyfully.
9You take care of the earth, and you water it.
You make it much richer than it was.
(The river of God is filled with water.)
You provide grain for them.
Indeed, you even prepare the ground.
10You drench plowed fields ⌞with rain⌟
and level their clumps of soil.
You soften them with showers
and bless what grows in them.
11You crown the year with your goodness,
and richness overflows wherever you are.
12The pastures in the desert overflow ⌞with richness⌟.
The hills are surrounded with joy.
13The pastures are covered with flocks.
The valleys are carpeted with grain.
All of them shout triumphantly. Indeed, they sing.
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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!
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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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