Psalms 104

¹The title of the hundrid and fourthe salm. Alleluya. Knouleche ye to the Lord, and inwardli clepe ye his name; telle ye hise werkis among hethen men.

²Synge ye to hym, and seie ye salm to him, and telle ye alle hise merueylis;

³be ye preisid in his hooli name. The herte of men sekynge the Lord be glad;

⁴seke ye the Lord, and be ye confermed; seke ye euere his face.

⁵Haue ye mynde on hise merueilis, whiche he dide; on his grete wondris, and domes of his mouth.

⁶The seed of Abraham, his seruaunt; the sones of Jacob, his chosun man.

⁷He is oure Lord God; hise domes ben in al the erthe.

⁸He was myndeful of his testament in to the world; of the word which he comaundide in to a thousynde generaciouns.

⁹Which he disposide to Abraham; and of his ooth to Isaac.

¹⁰And he ordeynede it to Jacob in to a comaundement; and to Israel in to euerlastinge testament.

¹¹And he seide, I shal yiue to thee the lond of Canaan; the cord of youre eritage.

¹²Whanne thei weren in a litil noumbre; and the comelingis of hem weren ful fewe.

¹³And thei passiden fro folk in to folk; and fro a rewme in to another puple.

¹⁴He lefte not a man to anoye hem; and he chastiside kyngis for hem.

¹⁵Nile ye touche my cristis; and nyle ye do wickidli among my prophetis.

¹⁶And God clepide hungir on erthe; and he wastide al the stidefastnesse of breed.

¹⁷He sente a man bifore hem; Joseph was seeld in to a seruaunt.

¹⁸Thei maden lowe hise feet in stockis, irun passide by his soule; til the word of him cam.

¹⁹The speche of the Lord enflawmede him;

²⁰the king sente and vnbond hym; the prince of puplis sente and delyuerede him.

²¹He ordeynede him the lord of his hous; and the prince of al his possessioun.

²²That he schulde lerne hise princis as him silf; and that he schulde teche hise elde men prudence.

²³And Israel entride in to Egipt; and Jacob was a comeling in the lond of Cham.

²⁴And God encreesside his puple greetli; and made hym stidefast on hise enemyes.

²⁵He turnede the herte of hem, that thei hatiden his puple; and diden gile ayens hise seruauntis.

²⁶He sent Moises, his seruaunt; thilke Aaron, whom he chees.

²⁷He puttide in hem the wordis of hise myraclis; and of hise grete wondris in the lond of Cham.

²⁸He sente derknessis, and made derk; and he made not bitter hise wordis.

²⁹He turnede the watris of hem in to blood; and he killide the fischis of hem.

³⁰And the lond of hem yaf paddoks; in the priue places of the kyngis of hem.

³¹God seide, and a fleische flie cam; and gnattis in alle the coostis of hem.

³²He settide her reynes hail; fier brennynge in the lond of hem.

³³And he smoot the vynes of hem, and the fige trees of hem; and al to-brak the tree of the coostis of hem.

³⁴He seide, and a locuste cam; and a bruk of which was noon noumbre.

³⁵And it eet al the hey in the lond of hem; and it eet al the fruyt of the lond of hem.

³⁶And he killide ech the firste gendrid thing in the lond of hem; the firste fruitis of alle the trauel of hem.

³⁷And he ledde out hem with siluer and gold; and noon was sijk in the lynagis of hem.

³⁸Egipt was glad in the goyng forth of hem; for the drede of hem lai on Egipcians.

³⁹He spredde abrood a cloude, in to the hiling of hem; and fier, that it schynede to hem bi nyyt.

⁴⁰Thei axiden, and a curlew cam; and he fillide hem with the breed of heuene.

⁴¹He brak a stoon, and watris flowiden; floodis yeden forth in the drye place.

⁴²For he was myndeful of his hooli word; which he hadde to Abraham, his child.

⁴³And he ledde out his puple in ful out ioiyng; and hise chosun men in gladnesse.

⁴⁴And he yaf to hem the cuntreis of hethen men; and thei hadden in possessioun the trauels of puplis.

⁴⁵That thei kepe hise iustifiyngis; and seke his lawe.

Psalms 104

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

⁸They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

¹²By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

¹³He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

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

²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

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

²²The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

²³Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

²⁷These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

²⁸That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

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

³²He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

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

³⁴My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.

³⁵Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.