Praise to the Sovereign Lord for His Creation and Providence
1 Bless
a the
Lord , O my soul!
O
Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
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2 Who cover
Yourself with light as
with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
3 a He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
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4 Who makes His
1 angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.
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5 You who1 laid the foundations of the earth,
So
that it should not be moved forever,
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6 You
a covered it with the deep as
with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
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7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 1 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
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9 You have
a set a boundary that they may not pass over,
b That they may not return to cover the earth.
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10 He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
13 a He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with
b the fruit of Your works.
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14 a He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth
b food from the earth,
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15 And
a wine
that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make
his face shine,
And bread
which strengthens man’s heart.
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16 The trees of the
Lord are full
of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high hills
are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the
a rock badgers.
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19 a He appointed the moon for seasons;
The
b sun knows its going down.
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20 a You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
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21 a The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
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22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to
a his work
And to his labor until the evening.
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24 a O
Lord , how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your
b possessions—
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25 This great and wide sea,
In which
are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.
26 There the ships sail about;
There is that
a Leviathan
Which You have
1 made to play there.
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27 a These all wait for You,
That You may give
them their food in due season.
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28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
a You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
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30 a You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.
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31 May the glory of the
Lord endure forever;
May the
Lord a rejoice in His works.
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32 He looks on the earth, and it
a trembles;
b He touches the hills, and they smoke.
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33 a I will sing to the
Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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34 May my
a meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the
Lord .
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35 May
a sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.
Bless the
Lord , O my soul!
1 Praise the
Lord !
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New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
