God’s Care for the Earth
1 For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.
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How happy is the one You choose
and bring near to live in Your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
the holiness of Your temple.(c)(D)
and bring near to live in Your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
the holiness of Your temple.(c)(D)
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You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.(E)
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8 with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.(E)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 65:1: Or Praise is silence to You, or Praise awaits You
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Psalm 65:3: Or can forgive, or can wipe out
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Psalm 65:4: Or house, Your holy temple
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Psalm 65:6: Some LXX mss, Vg; MT reads His
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Psalm 65:9: Lit prepare it
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Psalm 65:11: Lit ways drip with fat