Psalm 65

1. Zion, O God, in you rejoices
   and greets you with her songs;
   your courts resound with cheerful voices.
   All praise to you belongs!
   To you who hear our supplication
   we come to pay our vow.
   All people will in adoration
   before you humbly bow.
   
   
2. When we are grieved by our transgressions
   and overwhelmed by sins,
   you blot them out in your compassion
   and give us peace again.
   How blest are those whom you have chosen,
   whom you in love embrace;
   within your courts, in you reposing,
   they have a dwelling place.
   
   
3. O God, you in your habitation
   will all your saints provide
   with every blessing of salvation,
   till all are satisfied.
   By awesome deeds, so just and mighty,
   you save us from our foe;
   to those who walk with you uprightly
   your justice you will show.
   
   
4. You are the hope of distant nations;
   you by your strength and power
   placed mountains on their firm foundations
   and stilled the ocean’s roar.
   Those who make far-off lands their dwelling
   all tremble at the sight;
   both dawn and dusk, in praise excelling,
   with joy acclaim your might.
   
   
5. O God, you show the earth your favour,
   the bounty of your hand,
   for filled with water is your river,
   enriching all the land.
   You soften furrows with your showers
   and bless the sprouting grain.
   How great, O God, your love and power
   throughout all your domain!
   
   
6. You crown the year, O Fount of blessing,
   with gifts to cheer the land;
   your goodness fills the earth, expressing
   the wonders of your hand.
   The hills rejoice. The meadows teeming
   with flocks that skip and spring,
   the golden grain, in valleys gleaming –
   they shout for joy and sing!