Blessed Is the One Whom You Choose

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

1To You, there will be silence and praise in Zion, O God,

And to You the vow will be paid.

2O You who hear prayer,

To You all flesh comes.

3Words of iniquity prevail against me;

As for our transgressions, You atone for them.

4How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You

That he would dwell in Your courts.

We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,

Your holy temple.

5By [†]fearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,

You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest [†]sea;

6Who establishes the mountains by His strength,

Being girded with might;

7Who stills the rumbling of the seas,

The rumbling of their waves,

And the tumult of the peoples.

8They who inhabit the ends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs;

You make [†]the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

9You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;

You greatly enrich it;

The [†]stream of God is full of water;

You establish their grain, for thus You establish [†]the earth.

10You water its furrows abundantly,

You smooth its ridges,

You soften it with showers,

You bless its growth.

11You crown the year [†]with Your goodness,

And Your [†]paths drip with richness.

12The pastures of the wilderness drip,

And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

13The meadows are clothed with flocks

And the valleys are covered with grain;

They make a loud shout, indeed, they sing.