1 (For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid. Shir)

2 Tehillah (praise) is due Thee, O Elohim, in Tziyon;

And unto Thee shall the neder (vow) be performed.

3 O Thou that hearest tefillah (prayer),

unto Thee shall kol basar come.

4 Divrei avonot (instances of iniquity) overwhelm me;

as for peysha’einu (our transgressions), Thou hast made kapporah for them.

5 Ashrei is the one whom Thou choosest,

and causest to come near unto Thee,

that he may dwell in Thy khatzerot;

we shall be satisfied with the tov of Thy Beis,

even of Thy Heikhal Kodesh.

6 By nora’ot (awesome deeds, awe-inspiring things) of tzedek (justice) wilt Thou answer us,

O Elohei Yish’einu (G-d of our salvation);

Who art the hope of all the ends of eretz,

and of them that are on the farthest seas;

7 Which by His ko’ach established the harim (mountains),

being girded with gevurah;

8 Which stilleth the roar of the seas,

the roar of their waves, and the tumult of the Amim (peoples, nations).

9 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at Thy otot (signs);

Thou makest the outgoing exits of boker and erev to resound with joy.

10 Thou visitest ha’aretz, and waterest it;

Thou greatly enrichest it with the peleg Elohim (fountain of G-d),

which is full of mayim;

Thou preparest them dagan (grain), for so Thou didst prepare it.

11 Thou waterest the furrows thereof abundantly;

Thou settlest the ridges thereof;

Thou makest it soft with showers;

Thou blessest the tzemach (sprout, branch),*65:11 See Zech 6:12 thereof.

12 Thou crownest shnat tovatecha (the year with Thy goodness, bounty);

and Thy paths drip with plenty.

13 They drip upon the pastures of the midbar;

and the hills are enrobed with gladness.

14 The meadows are clothed with tzon;

the amakim (valleys) also are covered over with grain;

they shout for joy, they also sing.