Psalm 65
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David.

Tunes PCC uses:   St. Matthew,  Glasgow 

 

1

Praise waits for thee in Sion, Lord:

 

 

to thee vows paid shall be.

2

O thou that hearer art of pray’r,

 

 

all flesh shall come to thee.

3

Iniquities, I must confess,

 

 

prevail against me do:

 

But as for our transgressions,

 

 

them purge away shalt thou.

 

4

Bless’d is the man whom thou dost chuse,

 

 

and mak’st approach to thee,

 

That he within thy courts, O Lord,

 

 

may still a dweller be:

 

We surely shall be satisfy’d

 

 

with thy abundant grace,

 

And with the goodness of thy house,

 

 

ev’n of thy holy place.

 

5

O God of our salvation,

 

 

thou, in thy righteousness,

 

By fearful works unto our pray’rs

 

 

thine answer dost express:

 

Therefore the ends of all the earth,

 

 

and those afar that be

 

Upon the sea, their confidence,

 

 

O Lord, will place in thee.

 

6

Who, being girt with pow’r, sets fast

 

 

by his great strength the hills.

7

Who noise of seas, noise of their waves,

 

 

and people’s tumult, stills.

8

Those in the utmost parts that dwell

 

 

are at thy signs afraid:

 

Th’ outgoings of the morn and ev’n

 

 

by thee are joyful made.

 

9

The earth thou visit’st, wat’ring it;

 

 

thou mak’st it rich to grow

 

With God’s full flood; thou corn prepar’st,

 

 

when thou provid’st it so.

10

Her rigs thou wat’rest plenteously,

 

 

her furrows settelest:

 

With show’rs thou dost her mollify,

 

 

her spring by thee is blest.

 

11

So thou the year most lib’rally

 

 

dost with thy goodness crown;

 

And all thy paths abundantly

 

 

on us drop fatness down.

12

They drop upon the pastures wide,

 

 

that do in deserts lie;

 

The little hills on ev’ry side

 

 

rejoice right pleasantly.

 

13

With flocks the pastures clothed be,

 

 

the vales with corn are clad;

 

And now they shout and sing to thee,

 

 

for thou hast made them glad.



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