Psalms 104
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendour,
My soule, prayse thou the Lord: O Lord my God, thou art exceeding great, thou art clothed with glorie and honour.
2 covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
3 He lays the beams of his chambers on water. He takes dark clouds for his chariot, and rides on the wings of the wind.
Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.
4 He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
Which maketh his spirits his messengers, and a flaming fire his ministers.
5 He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.
6 With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines.
7 But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
But at thy rebuke they flee: at the voyce of thy thunder they haste away.
8 mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
And the mountaines ascend, and the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them.
9 They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.
10 He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which runne betweene the mountaines.
11 The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
They shall giue drinke to all the beasts of the fielde, and the wilde asses shall quench their thirst.
12 The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
By these springs shall the foules of the heauen dwell, and sing among the branches.
13 From his chambers above he gives drink to the mountains, and satisfies earth with the vials of heaven.
He watereth the mountaines from his chambers, and the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,
15 wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.
16 The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
The high trees are satisfied, euen the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
17 where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
That ye birdes may make their nestes there: the storke dwelleth in the firre trees.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are for coneys to hide in.
The high mountaines are for the goates: the rockes are a refuge for the conies.
19 He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.
20 You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.
21 Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
The lions roare after their praye, and seeke their meate at God.
22 At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
When the sunne riseth, they retire, and couche in their dennes.
23 Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to his labour vntill the euening.
24 How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
O Lord, howe manifolde are thy workes! in wisdome hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 And there is the great broad sea, where are countless things in motion, living creatures, both great and small.
So is this sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beastes and great.
26 There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
There goe the shippes, yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
All these waite vpon thee, that thou maiest giue them foode in due season.
28 And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
Thou giuest it to them, and they gather it: thou openest thine hand, and they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take their breath away, they die and go back to their dust.
But if thou hide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take away their breath, they dye and returne to their dust.
30 But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
Againe if thou send forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renuest the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
Glory be to the Lord for euer: let the Lord reioyce in his workes.
32 A glance of his makes the earth tremble, a touch of his makes the hills smoke.
He looketh on the earth and it trembleth: he toucheth the mountaines, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord while I live, I will play to my God while I am.
I will sing vnto the Lord all my life: I will prayse my God, while I liue.
34 May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
Let my wordes be acceptable vnto him: I will reioyce in the Lord.
35 But may sinners be swept from the earth, and the wicked vanish forever. O my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked till there be no more: O my soule, prayse thou the Lord. Prayse ye the Lord.
