## Psalms Chapter 65

###### Psalms 65:1
[Psalms 65:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָוִ֥ד שִֽׁיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, a Poem.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, a psalm of David, a song.


###### Psalms 65:2
[Psalms 65:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:2)

לְךָ֤ דֻֽמִיָּ֬ה תְהִלָּ֓ה אֱלֹ֘הִ֥ים בְּצִיּ֑וֹן וּ֝לְךָ֗ יְשֻׁלַּם־נֶֽדֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Praise awaits Thee, O God, in Żiyyon: and to Thee shall the vow be performed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To You, silence is praise [(for Your praises are endless)], O G d, [who dwells] in Zion, and to You [(who saves the vowers in time of affliction)] a vow will be paid.


###### Psalms 65:3
[Psalms 65:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:3)

שֹׁמֵ֥עַ תְּפִלָּ֑ה עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ כׇּל־בָּשָׂ֥ר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Thou that hearest prayer, to Thee shall all flesh come.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Because] You hearken to prayer, all flesh will come to [pray to] You.


###### Psalms 65:4
[Psalms 65:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:4)

דִּבְרֵ֣י עֲ֭וֺנֹת גָּ֣בְרוּ מֶ֑נִּי פְּ֝שָׁעֵ֗ינוּ אַתָּ֥ה תְכַפְּרֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, Thou shalt purge them away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To set [all of my] transgressions [before You in prayer] is beyond me. [The only "basis" for praying to You is that] You will grant atonement for our offenses.


###### Psalms 65:5
[Psalms 65:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:5)

אַשְׁרֵ֤י**׀** תִּ֥בְחַ֣ר וּתְקָרֵב֮ יִשְׁכֹּ֢ן חֲצֵ֫רֶ֥יךָ נִ֭שְׂבְּעָה בְּט֣וּב בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ קְ֝דֹ֗שׁ הֵיכָלֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is the man whom Thou choosest, and causest to approach to Thee, that he may dwell in Thy courts: we will be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy is he whom You choose to draw near to dwell in Your courts. He will be sated in the good of Your house, in the holiness of Your sanctuary [(where Your shechinah reposes)].


###### Psalms 65:6
[Psalms 65:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:6)

נ֤וֹרָא֨וֹת**׀** בְּצֶ֣דֶק תַּ֭עֲנֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּ מִבְטָ֥ח כׇּל־קַצְוֵי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ וְיָ֣ם רְחֹקִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By terrible things in righteousness wilt Thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest sea.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In Your righteousness You will answer us with awesome deeds [(against the idolators)], O G d of our salvation, the Trust of all [who inhabit] the ends of the earth [(from one end to another)] and of [those on] the distant seas.


###### Psalms 65:7
[Psalms 65:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:7)

מֵכִ֣ין הָרִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who by his strength places the mountains in position; who is girded with power:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He prepares [rain for] the mountains in His great strength [viz. 147:8]. He is girded with might.


###### Psalms 65:8
[Psalms 65:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:8)

מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ**׀** שְׁא֣וֹן יַ֭מִּים שְׁא֥וֹן גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם וַהֲמ֥וֹן לְאֻמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who stills the noise of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He subdues the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves, and the roar of the nations [(who rise against us)].


###### Psalms 65:9
[Psalms 65:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:9)

וַיִּ֤ירְא֨וּ**׀** יֹשְׁבֵ֣י קְ֭צָוֺת מֵאוֹתֹתֶ֑יךָ מ֤וֹצָֽאֵי־בֹ֖קֶר וָעֶ֣רֶב תַּרְנִֽין׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They also who dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at Thy signs: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The dwellers in the ends of the earth fear [You because of] Your signs. [The luminaries] that go out in the morning and the evening cause [them] to sing [to You (the blessings on the luminaries)].


###### Psalms 65:10
[Psalms 65:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:10)

פָּ֤קַֽדְתָּ־הָאָ֨רֶץ וַתְּשֹׁ֪קְקֶ֡הָ רַבַּ֬ת תַּעְשְׁרֶ֗נָּה פֶּ֣לֶג אֱ֭לֹהִים מָ֣לֵא מָ֑יִם תָּכִ֥ין דְּ֝גָנָ֗ם כִּי־כֵ֥ן תְּכִינֶֽהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: Thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: Thou providest corn for them, for so Thou hast prepared it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(In bestowing Your beneficence)] You give thought to the earth, to water it. Much do You enrich it [with] the stream of G d, which is full of water. You make ready their corn, for thus [(by watering, etc.)] do You prepare it.


###### Psalms 65:11
[Psalms 65:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:11)

תְּלָמֶ֣יהָ רַ֭וֵּה נַחֵ֣ת גְּדוּדֶ֑הָ בִּרְבִיבִ֥ים תְּ֝מֹגְגֶ֗נָּה צִמְחָ֥הּ תְּבָרֵֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Watering her furrows abundantly, settling her ridges: Thou makest it soft with showers: Thou blessest its growth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To sate her [(the land's)] furrows, to give pleasure to her troops [i.e., mankind], You soften it with showers and bless its growth.


###### Psalms 65:12
[Psalms 65:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:12)

עִ֭טַּרְתָּ שְׁנַ֣ת טוֹבָתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מַעְגָּלֶ֗יךָ יִרְעֲפ֥וּן דָּֽשֶׁן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You crown [with rain] the year [on which You would bestow] Your good, and Your paths [i.e., the heavens] drip fatness.


###### Psalms 65:13
[Psalms 65:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:13)

יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The pastures of the wilderness drop moisture: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They [(the heavens)] drip upon the habitations of the desert, and the hills are girded with joy.


###### Psalms 65:14
[Psalms 65:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/65:14)

לָבְשׁ֬וּ כָרִ֨ים**׀** הַצֹּ֗אן וַעֲמָקִ֥ים יַֽעַטְפוּ־בָ֑ר יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּ אַף־יָשִֽׁירוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The [rain-drenched] meadows are covered with flocks [(that graze there)], and the valleys are wrapped in corn. They [(men)] shout for joy, and they sing [(from an abundance of blessing)].