Psalms 104
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendour,
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.
2 covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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.
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
[Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.
6 With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.
11 The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] 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 hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food 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] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.
16 The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir-trees [are] her house.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are for coneys to hide in.
The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
19 He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
21 Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
22 At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
The sun ariseth, they collect, and lay themselves down in their dens.
23 Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
24 How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom 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 great and wide sea, in which [are] creeping animals innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [which] thou hast made to play therein.
27 They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their food in due season.
28 And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
[That which] thou givest them, they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.
29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take their breath away, they die and go back to their dust.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
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 hills, 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 to the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad 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 sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
