Psalm

65 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion;+

We will pay our vows to you.+

 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.+