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¹ For the Leader. A Psalm. A Song of David.² Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion; and unto Thee the vow is performed.³ O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee doth all flesh come.⁴ The tale of iniquities is too heavy for me; as for our transgressions, Thou wilt pardon them.⁵ Happy is the man whom Thou choosest, and bringest near, that he may dwell in Thy courts;

⁶ With wondrous works dost Thou answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; ⁷ Who by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, who art girded about with might;⁸ Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;⁹ So that they that dwell in the uttermost parts stand in awe of Thy signs; Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.¹⁰ Thou hast remembered the earth, and watered her, greatly enriching her, with the river of God that is full of water; ¹¹ Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.¹² Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.¹³ The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.

¹⁴ The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; {P}