Psalm 65

1 In Zion praise awaits you, LORD;

to you our vows we'll pay.

2 To you all people will come near;

you hear us when we pray.

3 When we were overwhelmed by sins,

and guilt upon us lay,

You pardoned all our trespasses

and washed our guilt away.

4 How blessed are those you choose, and bring

within your courts of grace!

We're filled with blessings in your house,

in your most holy place.

5 With awesome deeds of righteousness

you answer us, O God,

Our Saviour, hope of farthest seas

and all the earth abroad.

6 By strength and power you formed the hills.

7 You hushed the oceans' voice;

You calmed the tumult of their waves

and still the peoples' noise.

8 Those who inhabit distant lands

with awe regard your ways;

where morning dawns and evening fades,

you call forth songs of praise

9 You tend the land and water it;

you make it rich and good.

As you ordained, your streams are full

to give the people food.

10 You drench the furrows of the land;

you level off the ground.

You soften it with showers of rain

and make its crops abound.

11 You crown the year with fruitfulness;

your harvests overflow.

12 The grassland flourishes again;

the hills with gladness glow.

13 The pastures green with flocks are clothed,

the meadows covering.

The valleys deck themselves with corn;

they shout for joy and sing.

Lyrics from 'Sing Psalms'. Copyright Free Church of Scotland.

BIRCHWOOD CHURCH