Psalm 65 (Tate & Brady)

1 For thee, O God, our constant praise;

In Zion waits, thy chosen seat;

Our promised altars there we'll raise,

and all our zealous vows complete.

2 O Thou, who to my humble pray'r

didst always bend thy :list'ning ear,

To thee shall all mankind repair,

and at thy gracious throne appear.

3 Our sins (though numberless) in vain

to stop thy flowing mercy try;

Whilst thou o'erlook'st the guilty stain,

and washest out the crimson dye.

4 Blest is the man, who near thee placed,

within thy sacred dwelling lives!

Whilst we at humbler distance taste

the vast delights thy temple gives.

5 By wondrous acts, O God, most just,

have we thy gracious answer found;

In thee remotest nations trust,

and those whom stormy waves surround..

6,7 God, by his strength, sets fast the hills,

and does his matchless pow r engage,'

With which the sea's loud waves he stills,

and angry crowds tumultuous rage.

The Second Part;

8 Thou, Lord, dost barb'rous lands dismay,

when they thy dreadful tokens view,

With joy they see the night and day

each other's track by turns pursue.

9 From out thy unexhausted store

thy rain relieves the thirsty ground;

Makes lands, that barren were before,

with corn and useful fruits abound.

10 On rising ridges down It pours,

and ev'ry furrowed valley fills;

Thou mak'st them soft with gentle show'rs,

in which a blest increase distils.

11 Thy goodness does the circling year

with fresh returns of plenty crown;

And, where thy glorious paths appear,

thy fruitful clouds drop fatness down.

12 They drop on barren forests, changed

by them to pastures fresh and green;

The hills about in order.ranged

in beauteous robes of joy are seen.

13 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn

the cheerful downs; the valleys bring

A plenteous crop of full-eared corn,

and seem for joy to shout and sing.