Psalms
104
- Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God,
you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
- He wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
- and lays the beams of his upper chambers
on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of
the wind.
- He makes winds his messengers, flames of
fire his servants.
- He set the earth on its foundations; it
can never be moved.
- You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
- But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the
sound of your thunder they took to flight;
- they flowed over the mountains, they went
down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
- You set a boundary they cannot cross; never
again will they cover the earth.
- He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
- They give water to all the beasts of the
field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- The birds of the air nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.
- He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
- He makes grass grow for the cattle, and
plants for man to cultivate --
bringing forth food from the earth:
- wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil
to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
- The trees of the LORD are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
- There the birds make their nests; the stork
has its home in the pine trees.
- The high mountains belong to the wild goats;
the crags are a refuge for the coneys.
- The moon marks off the seasons, and the
sun knows when to go down.
- You bring darkness, it becomes night, and
all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- The lions roar for their prey and seek their
food from God.
- The sun rises, and they steal away; they
return and lie down in their dens.
- Then man goes out to his work, to his labor
until evening.
- How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom
you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
- There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming
with creatures beyond number --
living things both large and small.
- There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan,
which you formed to frolic there.
- These all look to you to give them their
food at the proper time.
- When you give it to them, they gather it
up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
- When you hide your face, they are terrified;
when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
- When you send your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
- May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works --
- he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
- I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will
sing praise to my God as long as I live.
- May my meditation be pleasing to him, as
I rejoice in the LORD.
- But may sinners vanish from the earth and
the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.
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