For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David.
{Or, There shall be silence before thee, and praise, O God &c.}Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion;
And unto thee shall the vow be performed.
O thou that hearest prayer,
Unto thee shall all flesh come.
{Hebrew: Words (or, Matters) of iniquities.}Iniquities prevail against me:
As for our transgressions, thou wilt {Or, expiate}forgive them.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
That he may dwell in thy courts:
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
Thy holy temple.
By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And {Or, of the sea, afar off}of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains,
Being girded about with might;
Who stilleth the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it,
Thou greatly enrichest it;
The river of God is full of water:
Thou providest them grain, {Or, for so preparest thou}when thou hast so prepared {Hebrew: it.}the earth.
Thou waterest its furrows abundantly;
Thou {Hebrew: lowerest.}settlest the ridges thereof:
Thou makest it soft with showers;
Thou blessest the springing thereof.
Thou crownest {Hebrew: the year of thy goodness.}the year with thy goodness;
And thy paths drop fatness.
{Or, The pastures…do drop}They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness;
And the hills are girded with joy.
The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing.
Querverweise zu Psalm 65,9 Ps 65,9
He watereth the mountains from his chambers:The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee:My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Thou crownest {Hebrew: the year of thy goodness.}the year with thy goodness;And thy paths drop fatness.
There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, {Hebrew: To make his face to shine with oil.}And oil to make his face to shine,And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,And herb for the {Or, labor}service of man;That he may bring forth {Hebrew: bread.}food out of the earth,
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of {Or, the Lamb. In the midst of the street thereof, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life &c.}the Lamb,
And sow fields, and plant vineyards,And get them fruits of increase.
but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven,
Thy {Or, troop}congregation dwelt therein:Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.
a land which Jehovah thy God {Hebrew: seeketh after.}careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
He watereth the mountains from his chambers:The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,And herb for the {Or, labor}service of man;That he may bring forth {Hebrew: bread.}food out of the earth,
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, {Hebrew: To make his face to shine with oil.}And oil to make his face to shine,And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.
Charge them that are rich in this present {Or, age.}world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread.
Who covereth the heavens with clouds,Who prepareth rain for the earth,Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, {Or, ready to sympathize}willing to communicate;
For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth;Likewise to the shower of rain,And to the showers of his mighty rain.
He sealeth up the hand of every man,That all men whom he hath made may know it.
Then the beasts go into coverts,And remain in their dens.
Out of the chamber of the south cometh the storm,And cold out of the {Hebrew: scattering winds.}north.
By the breath of God ice is given;And the breadth of the waters is {Or, congealed}straitened.
Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture;He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his {Hebrew: light.}lightning:
And it is turned round about by his guidance,That they may do whatsoever he commandeth themUpon the face of the habitable world,
Whether it be for correction, or for his {Or, earth}land,Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
He giveth to the beast his food,And to the young ravens which cry.
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast {Or, done}made all these things.
Who giveth rain upon the earth,And sendeth waters upon the fields;
And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
So that he setteth up on high those that are low,And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain {Or in (or, for) righteousness}in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, {Or, at the first}in the first month.
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame.