Psalms 104

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¹Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.

²You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

³The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

⁴He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.

⁵He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

⁶Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;

⁷At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;

⁸The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

⁹You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

¹⁰You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.

¹²The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

¹³He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.

¹⁴He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

¹⁵And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting;

¹⁷Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

¹⁸The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.

¹⁹He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.

²⁰When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

²¹The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

²²The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.

²³Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

²⁵There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

²⁶There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

²⁷All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

²⁸They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.

²⁹If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

³⁰If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.

³¹Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:

³²At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.

³³I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

³⁴Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

Psalms 104

¹Bless the Lord, my soul. The Lord, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

²He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

³He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

⁴He makes his angels winds; his servants flames of fire.

⁵He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

⁹You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

¹¹They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

¹³He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

¹⁴He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

¹⁵wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

¹⁶The Lord's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;

¹⁷where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

²⁰You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

²²The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens.

²³Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.

²⁴The Lord, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

²⁵There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

²⁶There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

²⁷These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

²⁸You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

²⁹You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

³⁰You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

³¹Let the glory of the Lord endure forever. Let the Lord rejoice in his works.

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord!