> [[psalm-64|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-66|Next →]] --- # Psalm 65 ## Thanksgiving for God’s Blessings 1 For the leader. A psalm of David. A song. ^psalm-65-1 ### I 2 To you we owe our hymn of praise, ^psalm-65-2 O God on Zion; To you our vows must be fulfilled, 3 you who hear our prayers. ^psalm-65-3 To you all flesh must come 4 with its burden of wicked deeds. ^psalm-65-4 We are overcome by our sins; only you can pardon them. 5 Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring ^psalm-65-5 to dwell in your courts. May we be filled with the good things of your house, your holy temple! ### II 6 You answer us with awesome deeds of justice, ^psalm-65-6 O God our savior, The hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off across the sea. 7 You are robed in power, ^psalm-65-7 you set up the mountains by your might. 8 You still the roaring of the seas, ^psalm-65-8 the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples. 9 Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels; ^psalm-65-9 the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy. 10 You visit the earth and water it, ^psalm-65-10 make it abundantly fertile. God’s stream is filled with water; you supply their grain. Thus do you prepare it: 11 you drench its plowed furrows, ^psalm-65-11 and level its ridges. With showers you keep it soft, blessing its young sprouts. 12 You adorn the year with your bounty; ^psalm-65-12 your paths drip with fruitful rain. 13 The meadows of the wilderness also drip; ^psalm-65-13 the hills are robed with joy. 14 The pastures are clothed with flocks, ^psalm-65-14 the valleys blanketed with grain; they cheer and sing for joy. \* (Psalm 65) The community, aware of its unworthiness ([Ps 65:3] – [4]), gives thanks for divine bounty ([Ps 65:5]), a bounty resulting from God’s creation victory ([Ps 65:6] – [9]). At God’s touch the earth comes alive with vegetation and flocks ([Ps 65:10] – [13]). \* (65:2) Vows: the Israelites were accustomed to promising sacrifices in the Temple if their prayers were heard. \* (65:3) To you all flesh must come: all must have recourse to God’s mercy. \* (65:6) Awesome deeds: the acts of creating—installing mountains, taming seas, restraining nations ([Ps 65:7] – [8])—that are visible worldwide ([Ps 65:6], [9]). \* (65:10] – [14) Apparently a description of the agricultural year, beginning with the first fall rains that soften the hard sun-baked soil ([Ps 65:9] – [10]). \* (65:10) God’s stream: the fertile waters of the earth derive from God’s fertile waters in the heavenly world. \* (65:12) Paths: probably the tracks of God’s storm chariot dropping rain upon earth. a. (65:3) [Is 66:23]. b. (65:4) [Ps 32:1] – [2]; [78:38]; [Is 1:18]. c. (65:6) [Is 66:19]. d. (65:8) [Ps 89:10]; [107:29]; [Jb 38:11]; ([[matthew-08|Mt 8]]:26]. e. (65:8) [[isaiah-17|Is 17]]:12. f. (65:10) [Lv 26:4]; [Is 30:23], [25]; [Jl 2:22] – [23]. g. (65:14) [Is 44:23]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[psalm-64|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-66|Next →]]