hope of the earth

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,

O God of our salvation;

you are the hope of all the ends of the earth

and of the farthest seas.

By your strength you established the mountains;

you are girded with might.

You silence the roaring of the seas,

the roaring of their waves,

the tumult of the peoples.

Those who live at earth's farthest bounds

are awed by your signs;

you make the gateways of the

morning and the evening

shout for joy.

Psalm 65: 5-8

(NRSV)