Blessed Is the One Whom You Choose
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
To You, there will be silence and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the avow will be paid.
2 O You who hear prayer,
To You aall flesh comes.
3 aWords of iniquity prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You batone for them.
4 How ablessed is the one whom You bchoose and bring near to You
That he would dwell in Your courts.
We will be csatisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
5 By afearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O bGod of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the cends of the earth and of the farthest dsea;
6 Who aestablishes the mountains by His strength,
Being bgirded with might;
7 Who astills the rumbling of the seas,
The rumbling of their waves,
And the btumult of the peoples.
8 They who inhabit the aends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs;
You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and acause it to overflow;
You greatly benrich it;
The cstream of God is full of water;
You establish their dgrain, for thus You establish the earth.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
You smooth its ridges,
You soften it awith showers,
You bless its growth.
11 You crown the year with Your agoodness,
And Your paths bdrip with richness.
12 aThe pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the bhills gird themselves with rejoicing.
13 The meadows are aclothed with flocks
And the valleys are bcovered with grain;
They cmake a loud shout, indeed, they sing.