Sunday Psalms;

Praise is rightfully yours, 

God, in Zion...

Iniquities overwhelm me; ...

How happy is the one you choose and bring near to live in your courts! 

We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house...

You silence 

the roar of the seas, 

the roar of their waves, 

and the tumult of the nations.

The wilderness pastures overflow, 

and the hills are robed with joy.

The pastures are clothed with flocks

and the valleys covered with grain. 

They shout in triumph; indeed, 

they sing.

Psalm 65:1-12: CSB 

This song of David is a journey from the personal to the community, from turmoil to peace, from despair to hope. 

This song is short, just 12 verses, starts with his own sin before God, in the middle is this phrase "the tumult of the nations" and isn't that true of our world today with war and suffering in and between nations.

And then David paints these beautiful pictures of peace. Peace connected to the land, to place, to creation, hills robed with joy, pastures that sing.

This is David's world redeemed, restored, made or remade how it should be. 

David is painting a picture of hope on the landscape in which he lived. 

And this song invites us to do the same, to acknowledge who we are before God, and to see his redeeming call on our world, our place, our experience, to imagine our world at peace, where shalom is restored. 

A place where those without a voice will be heard, a place where all that has been hurt will be unhurt...

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