Psalms 103

¹To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty;

²you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent.

³You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.

⁴You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire.

⁵You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age.

⁶The abyss, like a garment, is its clothing. The waters will remain standing above the mountains.

⁷At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread.

⁸The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them.

⁹You have set a limit that they will not cross. And they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰You spring forth fountains in steep valleys. The waters will cross through the midst of the mountains.

¹¹All the wild beasts of the field will drink. The wild donkeys will anticipate in their thirst.

¹²Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices.

¹³You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works,

¹⁴producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,

¹⁵and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man.

¹⁶The trees of the field will be saturated, along with the cedars of Lebanon, which he planted.

¹⁷There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron.

¹⁸The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog.

¹⁹He has made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting.

²⁰You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it.

²¹The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God.

²²The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together.

²³Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening.

²⁴How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions.

²⁵This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great.

²⁶There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them.

²⁷All these expect you to give them food in due time.

²⁸What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness.

²⁹But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust.

³⁰You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the Lord be for all ages. The Lord will rejoice in his works.

³²He considers the earth, and he makes it tremble. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God, as long as I am.

³⁴May my speech be pleasing to him. Truly, I will take delight in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Psalms 103

¹For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:

²And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

³Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

⁴Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.

⁵Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

⁶The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.

⁷At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

⁸The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.

¹⁰Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

¹¹All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

¹²Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

¹³Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

¹⁴Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

¹⁵And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:

¹⁷There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.

¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

¹⁹He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:

²¹The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

²²The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.

²³Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴How great are thy works, O Lord ? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

²⁵So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.

²⁶There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.

²⁷All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.

²⁸What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

²⁹But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

³⁰Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

³²He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he troubleth 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 my being.

³⁴Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.