To the director. A melody of David. A song.
65 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion;+
We will pay our vows to you.+
2 O Hearer of prayer, to you people of all sorts* will come.+
3 My errors have overwhelmed me,+
But you cover over our transgressions.+
4 Happy is the one whom you choose and bring near
To reside in your courtyards.+
We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,+
Your holy temple.*+
5 You will answer us with awe-inspiring deeds+ of righteousness,
O God of our salvation;
You are the Confidence of all the ends of the earth+
And of those distant across the sea.
6 You* firmly established the mountains by your power;
You* are clothed with mightiness.+
7 You* calm the raging seas,+
The crash of their waves and the turmoil of the nations.+
8 The inhabitants of remote places will be awestruck by your signs;+
You will cause those from the sunrise to the sunset to shout joyfully.
9 You care for the earth,
Making it abundantly fruitful* and very rich.+
The stream from God is full of water;
You provide grain for them,+
For that is how you prepared the earth.
10 You drench its furrows and level off its plowed soil;*
You soften it with showers of rain; you bless its growth.+
11 You crown the year with your goodness;
Your tracks overflow with abundance.*+
12 The pastures of the wilderness keep overflowing,*+
And the hills are clothed with joyfulness.+
13 The pastures are covered with flocks,
And the valleys* are carpeted with grain.+
They shout in triumph, yes, they sing.+