Psalm 104

¹ Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

²covering yourself with light as with a garment,
stretching out the heavens like a tent.

³He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;
he makes the clouds his chariot;
he rides on the wings of the wind;

⁴he makes his messengers winds,
his ministers a flaming fire.

⁵He set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At your rebuke they fled;
at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.

⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
to the place that you appointed for them.

⁹You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills;

¹¹they give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
they sing among the branches.

¹³ From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴You cause the grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth

¹⁵and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.

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

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.

²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

²¹ The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.

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

²³ Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.

²⁶There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

²⁷These all look to you,
to give them their food in due season.

²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

²⁹When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.

³⁰When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works,

³²who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who 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 being.

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!

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