The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 For the leader. A psalm of David. A song: To you, God, in Tziyon, silence is praise; and vows to you are to be fulfilled.
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<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song.> It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.
2 You who listen to prayer, to you all living creatures come.
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To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.
3 When deeds of wickedness overwhelm me, you will atone for our crimes.
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Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.
4 How blessed are those you choose and bring near, so that they can remain in your courtyards! We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the Holy Place of your temple.
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Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
5 It is just that you answer us with awesome deeds, God of our salvation, you in whom all put their trust, to the ends of the earth and on distant seas.
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You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;
6 By your strength you set up the mountains. You are clothed with power.
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The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:
7 You still the roaring of the seas, their crashing waves, and the peoples' turmoil.
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Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.
8 This is why those living at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your signs. The places where the sun rises and sets you cause to sing for joy.
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Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.
9 You care for the earth and water it, you enrich it greatly; with the river of God, full of water, you provide them grain and prepare the ground.
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You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.
10 Soaking its furrows and settling its soil, you soften it with showers and bless its growth.
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You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.
11 You crown the year with your goodness, your tracks overflow with richness.
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The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,
12 The desert pastures drip water, the hills are wrapped with joy,
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Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.
13 the meadows are clothed with flocks and the valleys blanketed with grain, so they shout for joy and break into song.
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The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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