104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with honor and majesty, |
104:2 Covering Yourself with light as with a garment, and stretching out the heavens like a curtain, |
104:3 Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; |
104:4 He makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flaming fire. |
104:5 He established the earth on its foundations; so that it should not be removed forever. |
104:6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. |
104:7 At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. |
104:8 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down to the place that You had founded for them. |
104:9 You have set a bound that they may not pass over, so that they might not return again to cover the earth. |
104:10 He sends forth the springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains. |
104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. |
104:12 Beside them the birds of heaven will have their place of rest; they sing among the branches. |
104:13 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; the earth is full of the fruit of Your works. |
104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and herbs for the service of man, to bring forth food from the earth, |
104:15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil that makes his face shine, and bread to strengthen the heart of man. |
104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted, |
104:17 Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her home. |
104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, and the rocks are a refuge for the badgers, |
104:19 Who made the moon for the appointed times; the sun knows its going down. |
104:20 You make darkness, and it is night in which all the beasts of the forest creep forth. |
104:21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. |
104:22 The sun rises; they slink away and go to their dens to lie down. |
104:23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. |
104:24 O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. |
104:25 There is the great and wide sea in which are creatures without number, both small and great living things. |
104:26 There the ships go and the leviathan, which You have made to play in it. |
104:27 All of them wait upon You, that You may give them their food in due season. |
104:28 You give it unto them, they gather it; You open Your hand; they are satisfied with good. |
104:29 You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. |
104:30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth. |
104:31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; the LORD shall rejoice in His works. |
104:32 He looks upon the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. |
104:33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
104:34 May my meditation to Him be pleasing; as for me I will rejoice in the LORD. |
104:35 Let sinners cease from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD! |