The Psalms

[For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.] There will be silence before Thee, [and] praise in Zion, O God; And to Thee the vow will be performed.

O Thou who dost hear prayer, To Thee all men come.

Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, Thou dost forgive them.

How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose, and bring near [to Thee], To dwell in Thy courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

By awesome [deeds] Thou dost answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, Thou who art the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

Who dost still the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.

And they who dwell in the ends [of the earth] stand in awe of Thy signs; Thou dost make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

Thou dost visit the earth, and cause it to overflow; Thou dost greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; Thou dost prepare their grain, for thus Thou dost prepare the earth.

Thou dost water its furrows abundantly; Thou dost settle its ridges; Thou dost soften it with showers; Thou dost bless its growth.

Thou hast crowned the year with Thy bounty, And Thy paths drip [with] fatness.

The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

The meadows are clothed with flocks, And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.