Psalms 104

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD, my God, you are great indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory,	1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
2 robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent;	2 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
3 you raised your palace upon the waters. You make the clouds your chariot; you travel on the wings of the wind.	3 Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 You make the winds your messengers; flaming fire, your ministers.	4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
5 You fixed the earth on its foundation, never to be moved.	5 Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
6 The ocean covered it like a garment; above the mountains stood the waters.	6 you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
7 At your roar they took flight; at the sound of your thunder they fled.	7 He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
8 They rushed up the mountains, down the valleys to the place you had fixed for them.	8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
9 You set a limit they cannot pass; never again will they cover the earth.	9 which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
10 You made springs flow into channels that wind among the mountains.	10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; here wild asses quench their thirst.	11 saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
12 Beside them the birds of heaven nest; among the branches they sing.	12 Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
13 You water the mountains from your palace; by your labor the earth abounds.	13 and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
14 You raise grass for the cattle and plants for our beasts of burden. You bring bread from the earth,	14 he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
15 and wine to gladden our hearts, Oil to make our faces gleam, food to build our strength.	15 Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
16 The trees of the LORD drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which you planted.	16 And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
17 There the birds build their nests; junipers are the home of the stork.	17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 The high mountains are for wild goats; the rocky cliffs, a refuge for badgers.	18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
19 You made the moon to mark the seasons, the sun that knows the hour of its setting.	19 until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
20 You bring darkness and night falls, then all the beasts of the forest roam abroad.	20 The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
21 Young lions roar for prey; they seek their food from God.	21 He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
22 When the sun rises, they steal away and rest in their dens.	22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
23 People go forth to their work, to their labor till evening falls.	23 And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24 How varied are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have wrought them all; the earth is full of your creatures.	24 And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
25 Look at the sea, great and wide! It teems with countless beings, living things both large and small.	25 He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 Here ships ply their course; here Leviathan, your creature, plays.	26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
27 All of these look to you to give them food in due time.	27 He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.
28 When you give to them, they gather; when you open your hand, they are well filled.	28 He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
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.	29 He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
30 When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.	30 Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD be glad in these works!	31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
32 If God glares at the earth, it trembles; if God touches the mountains, they smoke!	32 He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.	33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
34 May my theme be pleasing to God; I will rejoice in the LORD.	34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
35 May sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!	35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
	36 And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
	37 And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
	38 Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
	39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.
	40 They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
	41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
	42 For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
	43 And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
	44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
	45 so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.