赞美和感恩

大卫作的诗,交给乐长。

65 上帝啊,
人们在锡安赞美你,
向你履行誓言。
你垂听祷告,
世人都来到你面前。
虽然我们深陷罪中,
你却赦免了我们。
蒙你拣选、
能住在你圣所的人有福了!
我们在你美好的居所,
你圣洁的殿中心满意足。
拯救我们的上帝啊,
你凭公义、行可畏之事来应允我们的祈求。
你是普天下的盼望。
你充满力量,以大能创造群山,
又平息怒海狂涛,
止息列邦的喧嚣。
你奇妙的作为使远在地极的人心生敬畏,
你使日出之地和日落之处都传来欢呼声。
你眷顾大地,降下沛雨,
使土地肥沃富饶。
上帝啊,你使江河涌流不息,
浇灌大地,为世人预备五谷。
10 你降下甘霖,浇透垄沟,
滋润垄背,使地松软、
长出庄稼。
11 你赐下丰年福月,
你的脚踪恩泽满溢。
12 旷野的草地生机盎然,
山岭间充满欢乐,
13 草场遍布羊群,
谷中长满庄稼,
处处欢歌笑语。

A Hymn of Thanksgiving

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.

65 God, ·you will be praised in Jerusalem [L praise is due/proper/ fitting to you in Zion; C the location of the Temple].
    We will ·keep our promises [fulfill our vows] to you.
You ·hear [or answer] our prayers.
    All ·people [L flesh] will come to you.
Our guilt ·overwhelms [overpowers] us,
    but you ·forgive [wipe/blot out; make atonement for] our ·sins [transgressions].
·Happy [Blessed] are the people you choose
    and ·invite [L bring near] to stay in your court.
We are ·filled [satisfied] with good things in your house,
    your holy Temple.

You answer us in amazing ways with ·vindication [victory; righteousness],
    God our ·Savior [Victor].
People ·everywhere on [L of all the ends of] the earth
    and ·beyond the sea [L the farthest seas] ·trust [have confidence in] you.
You ·made [established] the mountains by your strength;
    you are ·dressed [girded; armed] in power.
You ·stopped [silence; calm] the roaring seas,
    the roaring waves [C representing chaos],
    and the ·uproar [tumult] of the ·nations [peoples].
Even those people at the ends of the earth fear your ·miracles [signs].
    You are praised from ·where the sun rises [the east; L the gateways of the morning] to ·where it sets [the west; L evening].

You ·take care of [visit] the land and water it;
    you make it very ·fertile [rich].
The ·rivers [channels] of God are full of water.
    Grain grows because you make it grow.
10 You send rain to the plowed fields;
    you ·fill the rows with water [level its ridges].
You soften the ground with rain,
    and then you bless ·it with crops [its growth].
11 You ·give [L crown] the year ·a good harvest [L with your goodness/bounty],
    and ·you load the wagons with many crops [L your wagon tracks/ruts drip with plenty].
12 The ·desert [wilderness] ·is covered [drips] with ·grass [pasturage]
    and the hills with happiness.
13 The ·pastures [meadows] are ·full of [L clothed with] flocks,
    and the valleys are ·covered [wrapped] with grain.
Everything shouts and sings for joy.