1 P raise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.

To You belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise) and praise is due and fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.

2 Y ou who hear prayer, to you all men will come.

O You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come.

3 S ins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

Iniquities and much varied guilt prevail against me; as for our transgressions, You forgive and purge them away!

4 B lessed 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.

Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

5 B y 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;

By fearful and glorious things do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas;

6 W ho by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength;

Who by might have founded the mountains, being girded with power,

7 w ho stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples,

8 T hey also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

So that those who dwell in earth’s farthest parts are afraid of signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy.

9 Y ou 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.

You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth.

10 Y ou drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.

You water the field’s furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation.

11 Y ou crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your drip with fatness.

12 T he wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.

The pastures in the uncultivated country drip, and the hills gird themselves with joy.

13 T he pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.

The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together.