Psalms 104

¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty,

² who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent,

³ who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, who makest the clouds thy chariot, who ridest on the wings of the wind,

⁴ who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers.

⁵ Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken.

⁶ Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

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

⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them.

⁹ Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,

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

¹² By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.

¹³ From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work.

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

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

¹⁶ The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.

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

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

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

²⁰ Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

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

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

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

²⁴ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.

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

²⁶ There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.

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

²⁸ When thou givest to them, they gather it up; when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things.

²⁹ When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

³⁰ When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in his works,

³² who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!

³³ I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

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

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