Psalm 104
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v1
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
v2
He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
v3
He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
v4
He makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire.
v5
He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
v6
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
v7
At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
v8
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
v9
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
v10
He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
v11
They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
v12
The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
v13
He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
v14
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:
v15
wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
v16
Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
v17
where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.
v18
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
v19
He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
v20
You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
v21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
v22
The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens.
v23
Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.
v24
Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
v25
There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
v26
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
v27
These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
v28
You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
v29
You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
v30
You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
v31
Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
v32
He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
v33
I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
v34
Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
v35
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!