Thanksgiving for God’s Provision

¹ For the music director. A psalm of David. A song.¹ Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion, and to you the vow shall be fulfilled.

1. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

² O you who hear prayer, to you all flesh will come.

³ Iniquities¹ prevail over me. As for our transgressions, you will ⌞forgive⌟² them.

1. Hebrew “matters of iniquities”
2. Literally “provide atonement for”

⁴ Blessed is one whom you choose and bring near, that he may abide in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

⁵ By awesome deeds in righteousness you will answer us, O God of our salvation, you who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of the far-off seas,

⁶ who established the mountains by his strength, the one who is girded with might,

⁷ who stills the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves, and the commotion of the peoples,

⁸ so that¹ the inhabitants of the farthest reaches are in awe of your signs. You make the dawn and sunset sing for joy.

1. Hebrew “and”

⁹ You care for¹ the land² and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God is filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.

1. Or “visit”
2. Or “earth”

¹⁰ You drench its furrows, penetrating its ridges. With rains you soften it; its growth you bless.

¹¹ You crown the year with your ⌞bounty⌟,¹ and your wagon paths drip with ⌞richness⌟.²

1. Literally “goodness”
2. Literally “fatness”

¹² They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills gird themselves with joy.

¹³ The pasturelands put on flocks, and the valleys clothe themselves with grain. They shout in triumph; they even sing.