Psalms 104

¹ Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD, my God, you are great indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory,

² robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent;

³ you raised your palace upon the waters. You make the clouds your chariot; you travel on the wings of the wind.

⁴ You make the winds your messengers; flaming fire, your ministers.

⁵ You fixed the earth on its foundation, never to be moved.

⁶ The ocean covered it like a garment; above the mountains stood the waters.

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

⁸ They rushed up the mountains, down the valleys to the place you had fixed for them.

⁹ You set a limit they cannot pass; never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ You made springs flow into channels that wind among the mountains.

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

¹² Beside them the birds of heaven nest; among the branches they sing.

¹³ You water the mountains from your palace; by your labor the earth abounds.

¹⁴ You raise grass for the cattle and plants for our beasts of burden. You bring bread from the earth,

¹⁵ and wine to gladden our hearts, Oil to make our faces gleam, food to build our strength.

¹⁶ The trees of the LORD drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which you planted.

¹⁷ There the birds build their nests; junipers are the home of the stork.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for wild goats; the rocky cliffs, a refuge for badgers.

¹⁹ You made the moon to mark the seasons, the sun that knows the hour of its setting.

²⁰ You bring darkness and night falls, then all the beasts of the forest roam abroad.

²¹ Young lions roar for prey; they seek their food from God.

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

²³ People go forth to their work, to their labor till evening falls.

²⁴ How varied are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have wrought them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵ Look at the sea, great and wide! It teems with countless beings, living things both large and small.

²⁶ Here ships ply their course; here Leviathan, your creature, plays.

²⁷ All of these look to you to give them food in due time.

²⁸ When you give to them, they gather; when you open your hand, they are well filled.

²⁹ When you hide your face, they are lost. When you take away their breath, they perish and return to the dust from which they came.

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

³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD be glad in these works!

³² If God glares at the earth, it trembles; if God touches the mountains, they smoke!

³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.

³⁴ May my theme be pleasing to God; I will rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵ May sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!