For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
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1Praise waits for you, God, in Zion.
- To you shall vows be performed.
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2You who hear prayer,
- to you all men will come.
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3Sins overwhelmed me,
- but you atoned for our transgressions.
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4Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near,
- that he may live in your courts.
- We will be filled with the goodness of your house,
- your holy temple.
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5By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us,
- God of our salvation.
- You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth,
- of those who are far away on the sea;
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6Who by his power forms the mountains,
- having armed yourself with strength;
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7who stills the roaring of the seas,
- the roaring of their waves,
- and the turmoil of the nations.
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8They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders.
- You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
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9You visit the earth, and water it.
- You greatly enrich it.
- The river of God is full of water.
- You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
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10You drench its furrows.
- You level its ridges.
- You soften it with showers.
- You bless it with a crop.
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11You crown the year with your bounty.
- Your carts overflow with abundance.
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12The wilderness grasslands overflow.
- The hills are clothed with gladness.
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13The pastures are covered with flocks.
- The valleys also are clothed with grain.
- They shout for joy!
- They also sing.