Psalm 65

New American Standard Bible

God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Mankind.

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

65 There will be silence ^[a]before You, and praise in Zion, God,
And the ^(A)vow will be fulfilled for You.
²You who hear prayer,
To You ^(B)all ^[b]mankind comes.
³^[c]^(C)Wrongdoings prevail against me;
As for our offenses, You ^[d]^(D)forgive them.
⁴^(E)Blessed is the one You ^(F)choose and allow to approach You;
He will dwell in Your courtyards.
We will be ^(G)satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

⁵By ^(H)awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, ^(I)God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ^(J)ends of the earth and the farthest ^[e]^(K)sea;
⁶Who ^(L)establishes the mountains by His strength,
Who is ^(M)encircled with might;
⁷Who ^(N)stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the ^(O)turmoil of the nations.
⁸They who dwell at the ^(P)ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the ^[f]sunrise and the sunset shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and ^(Q)cause it to overflow;
You greatly ^(R)enrich it;
The ^[g]^(S)stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their ^(T)grain, for so You prepare ^[h]the earth.
¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly,
You ^[i]settle its ridges,
You soften it ^(U)with showers,
You bless its growth.
¹¹You have crowned the year ^[j]with Your ^(V)goodness,
And Your ^[k]paths ^(W)drip with fatness.
¹²^(X)The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the ^(Y)hills encircle themselves with rejoicing.
¹³The meadows are ^(Z)clothed with flocks
And the valleys are ^(AA)covered with grain;
They ^(AB)shout for joy, yes, they sing.

Footnotes

Psalm 65:1 Lit to
Psalm 65:2 Lit flesh comes
Psalm 65:3 Or Confessions of wrongdoings
Psalm 65:3 Lit cover, atone for
Psalm 65:5 Or seas
Psalm 65:8 Lit outgoings of the morning and evening
Psalm 65:9 Or channel
Psalm 65:9 Lit it
Psalm 65:10 Or smooth
Psalm 65:11 Lit of
Psalm 65:11 I.e., wagon tracks

Psalm 66

New American Standard Bible

Praise for God’s Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer.

For the music director. A Song. A Psalm.

66 ^(A)Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;
²Sing the ^(B)glory of His name;
Make His ^(C)praise glorious.
³Say to God, “How ^(D)awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will ^(E)pretend to obey You.
⁴^(F)All the earth will worship You,
And will ^(G)sing praises to You;
They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah

⁵^(H)Come and see the works of God,
Who is ^(I)awesome in His deeds toward the sons of mankind.
⁶He ^(J)turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through ^(K)the river on foot;
Let’s ^(L)rejoice there, in Him!
⁷He ^(M)rules by His might forever;
His ^(N)eyes keep watch on the nations;
The rebellious shall not ^(O)exalt themselves! Selah

⁸Bless our God, you peoples,
And ^[a]^(P)sound His praise abroad,
⁹Who ^[b]^(Q)keeps us in life,
And ^(R)does not allow our feet to ^[c]slip.
¹⁰For You have ^(S)put us to the test, God;
You have ^(T)refined us as silver is refined.
¹¹You ^(U)brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon ^[d]us.
¹²You made men ^(V)ride over our heads;
We went through ^(W)fire and through water.
Yet You ^(X)brought us out into a place of abundance.
¹³I shall ^(Y)come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall ^(Z)pay You my vows,
¹⁴Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke when I was ^(AA)in distress.
¹⁵I shall ^(AB)offer to You burnt offerings of fat animals,
With the smoke of ^(AC)rams;
I shall make an offering of ^[e]bulls with male goats. Selah

¹⁶^(AD)Come and hear, all who ^[f]fear God,
And I will ^(AE)tell of what He has done for my soul.
¹⁷I cried to Him with my mouth,
And ^[g]He was ^(AF)exalted with my tongue.
¹⁸If I ^[h]^(AG)regard wickedness in my heart,
The ^(AH)Lord will not hear;
¹⁹But ^(AI)God has heard;
He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.
²⁰^(AJ)Blessed be God,
Who ^(AK)has not turned away my prayer
Nor His favor from me.

Footnotes

Psalm 66:8 Lit cause to hear the sound of His praise
Psalm 66:9 Lit puts our soul in life
Psalm 66:9 Or dodder, stumble
Psalm 66:11 Lit our loins
Psalm 66:15 Or cattle
Psalm 66:16 Or revere
Psalm 66:17 Or praise was under my tongue
Psalm 66:18 Or had regarded

Psalm 67

New American Standard Bible

The Nations Exhorted to Praise God.

For the music director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

67 God be gracious to us and ^(A)bless us,
And ^(B)cause His face to shine ^[a]upon us— Selah
²That ^(C)Your way may be known on the earth,
^(D)Your salvation among all nations.
³May the ^(E)peoples praise You, God;
May all the peoples praise You.
⁴May the ^(F)nations be glad and sing for joy;
For You will ^(G)judge the peoples with fairness
And ^(H)guide the nations on the earth. Selah
⁵May the ^(I)peoples praise You, God;
May all the peoples praise You.
⁶The ^(J)earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, ^(K)blesses us.
⁷God blesses us,
^[b]So that ^(L)all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

Footnotes

Psalm 67:1 Lit with
Psalm 67:7 Or And let all...earth fear Him

Psalm 69

New American Standard Bible

A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.

For the music director; according to ^[a]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, God,
For the ^(A)waters have ^[b]threatened my life.
²I have sunk in deep ^(B)mud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^[c]^(C)flood overflows me.
³I am ^(D)weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My ^(E)eyes fail while I wait for my God.
⁴Those ^(F)who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would ^[d]destroy me ^(G)are powerful, those who oppose me with lies;
^(H)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵God, You know ^(I)my foolishness,
And ^(J)my guilt is not hidden from You.
⁶May those who wait for You not ^(K)be ashamed because of me, Lord ^[e]God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
⁷Because ^(L)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
^(M)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸I have become ^(N)estranged ^[f]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
⁹For ^(O)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(P)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
¹⁰When I wept ^(Q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my ^(R)disgrace.
¹¹When I made ^(S)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(T)a proverb to them.
¹²Those who ^(U)sit in the gate talk about me,
And ^(V)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, ^(W)at an acceptable time;
God, in the ^(X)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with ^[g]Your saving truth.
¹⁴Rescue me from the ^(Y)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(Z)rescued from those who hate me, and from the ^(AA)depths of water.
¹⁵May the ^[h]^(AB)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(AC)pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, Lord, for ^(AD)Your mercy is good;
^(AE)According to the greatness of Your compassion, ^(AF)turn to me,
¹⁷And ^(AG)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am ^(AH)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸Come near to my soul and ^(AI)redeem it;
^(AJ)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹You know my ^(AK)disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are ^[i]known to You.

²⁰Disgrace has ^(AL)broken my heart, and I am so sick.
And ^(AM)I waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for ^(AN)comforters, but I found none.
²¹They also gave me ^[j]^(AO)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they ^(AP)gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May ^(AQ)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[k]^(AR)when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
²³May their ^(AS)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(AT)hips shake continually.
²⁴^(AU)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵May their ^[l]^(AV)camp be desolated;
May there be none living in their tents.
²⁶For they have ^(AW)persecuted him whom ^(AX)You Yourself struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom ^(AY)You have ^[m]wounded.
²⁷Add ^(AZ)guilt to their guilt,
And ^(BA)may they not come into ^(BB)Your righteousness.
²⁸May they be ^(BC)wiped out of the ^(BD)book of life,
And may they not be ^[n]^(BE)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹But I am ^(BF)afflicted and in pain;
^[o]May Your salvation, God, ^(BG)set me safely on high.
³⁰I will ^(BH)praise the name of God with song,
And ^(BI)exalt Him with ^(BJ)thanksgiving.
³¹And it will ^(BK)please the Lord better than an ox
Or bull with horns and hoofs.
³²The ^(BL)humble ^[p]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(BM)let your heart ^[q]revive.
³³For ^(BN)the Lord hears the needy,
And ^(BO)does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

³⁴^(BP)Heaven and earth shall praise Him,
The seas and ^(BQ)everything that moves in them.
³⁵For God will ^(BR)save Zion and ^(BS)build the cities of Judah,
So that they may live there and ^(BT)possess it.
³⁶The ^[r]^(BU)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(BV)will live in it.

Footnotes

Psalm 69 Title Or possibly Lilies
Psalm 69:1 Lit come up to my soul
Psalm 69:2 Lit flowing stream
Psalm 69:4 Or silence
Psalm 69:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 69:8 Lit to
Psalm 69:13 Or the faithfulness of Your salvation
Psalm 69:15 Lit stream
Psalm 69:19 Lit before You
Psalm 69:21 Or poison
Psalm 69:22 Lit for those who are secure
Psalm 69:25 Lit encampment
Psalm 69:26 Lit pierced
Psalm 69:28 Lit written
Psalm 69:29 Or Your salvation, O God, will set...
Psalm 69:32 Some mss and ancient versions will see
Psalm 69:32 Or live
Psalm 69:36 Lit seed

Psalm 70

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

For the music director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.

70 ^(A)God, hurry to save me;
Lord, hurry to help me!
²^(B)May those who seek my ^[a]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight ^[b]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.
³^(C)May those who say, “Aha, aha!” be ^[c]turned back
Because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And may those who love Your salvation say continually,
“May God be exalted!”
⁵But ^(D)I am afflicted and needy;
^(E)Hurry to me, God!
You are my help and my savior;
Lord, do not delay.