New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed,
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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 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.
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To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.
3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.
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Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.
4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy 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 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest 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 established the mountains; you are girded with might.
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The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:
7 You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
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Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.
8 Those who live at earth's farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout 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 visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.
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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 You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing 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 bounty; your wagon 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 pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves 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 clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.
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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.
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