1 For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
2 To you we owe our hymn of praise,O God on Zion;To you our vows must be fulfilled,
3 you who hear our prayers.To you all flesh must come
4 with its burden of wicked deeds.We are overcome by our sins;only you can pardon them.
5 Blessed the one whom you will choose and bringto dwell in your courts.May we be filled with the good things of your house,your holy temple!
6 You answer us with awesome deeds of justice,O God our savior,The hope of all the ends of the earthand of those far off across the sea.
7 You are robed in power,you set up the mountains by your might.
8 You still the roaring of the seas,the roaring of their waves,the tumult of the peoples.
9 Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
10 You visit the earth and water it,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,and level its ridges.With showers you keep it soft,blessing its young sprouts.
12 You adorn the year with your bounty;your paths drip with fruitful rain.
13 The meadows of the wilderness also drip;the hills are robed with joy.
14 The pastures are clothed with flocks,the valleys blanketed with grain;they cheer and sing for joy.