Psalms 65; Psalms 66; Psalms 67

1 You are praised with silence in Zion, O God, and vows [made] to you must be kept.

2 You are the one who hears prayers. Everyone will come to you.

3 Various sins overwhelm me. You are the one who forgives our rebellious acts.

4 Blessed is the person you choose and invite to live with you in your courtyards. We will be filled with good food from your house, from your holy temple.

5 You answer us with awe-inspiring acts [done] in righteousness, O God, our savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the most distant sea,

6 the one who set the mountains in place with his strength, the one who is clothed with power,

7 the one who calms the roar of the seas, their crashing waves, and the uproar of the nations.

8 Those who live at the ends of the earth are in awe of your miraculous signs. The lands of the morning sunrise and evening sunset sing joyfully.

9 You take care of the earth, and you water it. You make it much richer than it was. (The river of God is filled with water.) You provide grain for them. Indeed, you even prepare the ground.

10 You drench plowed fields [with rain] and level their clumps of soil. You soften them with showers and bless what grows in them.

11 You crown the year with your goodness, and richness overflows wherever you are.

12 The pastures in the desert overflow [with richness]. The hills are surrounded with joy.

13 The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys are carpeted with grain. All of them shout triumphantly. Indeed, they sing.

1 Shout happily to God, all the earth!

2 Make music to praise the glory of his name. Make his praise glorious.

3 Say to God, "How awe-inspiring are your deeds! Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you.

4 The whole earth will worship you. It will make music to praise you. It will make music to praise your name." Selah

5 Come and see what God has done-- his awe-inspiring deeds for Adam's descendants.

6 He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. We rejoiced because of what he did there.

7 He rules forever with his might. His eyes watch the nations. Rebels will not be able to oppose him. Selah

8 Thank our God, you nations. Make the sound of his praise heard.

9 He has kept us alive and has not allowed us to fall.

10 You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.

11 You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.

12 You let people ride over our heads. We went through fire and water, but then you brought us out and refreshed us.

13 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,

14 the vows made by my lips and spoken by my [own] mouth when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer you a sacrifice of fattened livestock for burnt offerings with the smoke from rams. I will offer cattle and goats. Selah

16 Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.

17 With my mouth I cried out to him. High praise was on my tongue.

18 If I had thought about doing anything sinful, the Lord would not have listened [to me].

19 But God has heard me. He has paid attention to my prayer.

20 Thanks be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or taken away his mercy from me.

1 May God have pity on us and bless us! May he smile on us. Selah

2 Then your ways will be known on earth, your salvation throughout all nations.

3 Let everyone give thanks to you, O God. Let everyone give thanks to you.

4 Let the nations be glad and sing joyfully because you judge everyone with justice and guide the nations on the earth. Selah

5 Let the people give thanks to you, O God. Let all the people give thanks to you.

6 The earth has yielded its harvest. May God, our God, bless us.

7 May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth worship him.