Psalm 65 (64)
You visit the earth and fill it with abundance. Thanksgiving for the harvest of a fertile year.
2 Praise belongs to you, O God, in Zion;
here people come to fulfill their vows.
3 All mortals bring to you their evil deeds,
to you, who answer prayers.
4 Though our faults prevail over us,
you forgive our sins.
5 Blessed is the one you choose to approach you
and take to dwell in your courts.
In your house we are satisfied
with the good things of your holy temple.
6 With awesome deeds of righteousness
you answer us, O God our savior,
hope of all the ends of the earth
and of distant islands.
7 By your power you set up the mountains.
8 By your strength the seas were calmed;
you lull their roaring waves
and the turmoil of the nations.
9 Those who dwell at the ends of the earth
stand in awe of your marvelous deeds.
You make joyful the dawn
and the coming of dusk.
10 You water the land and care for it,
enriching it with natural resources.
God’s stream is filled with water;
so you prepare the earth
to give us its fruits.
11 You drench the furrows in the land
and level the ridges,
you soften the soil with showers
and bless its crops.
12 You crown the year with your goodness;
abundance flows everywhere.
13 The deserts have become pasture land,
the hills are clothed with gladness,
the meadows covered with flocks,
14 the valleys decked with grain –
they shout and sing for joy.