Psalm 65
Thanksgiving for God’s Blessings
1 For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
I
2 To you we owe our hymn of praise,
O God on Zion;
To you our vows must be fulfilled,
3 you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come
4 with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins;
only you can pardon them.
5 Blessed 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
6 You answer us with awesome deeds of justice,
O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth
and of those far off across the sea.
7 You are robed in power,
you set up the mountains by your might.
8 You still the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.
9 Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
10 You visit the earth and water it,
make it abundantly fertile.
God’s stream is filled with water;
you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it:
11 you drench its plowed furrows,
and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft,
blessing its young sprouts.
12 You adorn the year with your bounty;
your paths drip with fruitful rain.
13 The meadows of the wilderness also drip;
the hills are robed with joy.
14 The pastures are clothed with flocks,
the valleys blanketed with grain;
they cheer and sing for joy.