< Psalms 104 >

1 to bless soul my [obj] LORD LORD God my to magnify much splendor and glory to clothe
Let every part of me praise the Lord! Lord my God, you are so great, clothed with majesty and splendor!
2 to enwrap light like/as garment to stretch heaven like/as curtain
You wear light as your clothing; you stretch out the fabric of the heavens.
3 [the] to lay beams in/on/with water upper room his [the] to set: make cloud chariot his [the] to go: walk upon wing spirit: breath
You place the roof-beams of your house in the rainclouds. You make the clouds your chariots. You ride on the wings of the wind.
4 to make messenger his spirit: breath to minister him fire to kindle
You make your angels winds, and your servants flames of fire.
5 to found land: country/planet upon foundation her not to shake forever: enduring and perpetuity
You set the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
6 abyss like/as clothing to cover him upon mountain: mount to stand: stand water
It was clothed with ocean depths—the waters even covered the mountains—
7 from rebuke your to flee [emph?] from voice: sound thunder your to hurry [emph?]
but at your command the waters fled; at the sound of your thunder they rushed away.
8 to ascend: rise mountain: mount to go down valley to(wards) place this to found to/for them
The mountains rose up and the valleys sank down to where you had determined.
9 border: boundary to set: make not to pass [emph?] not to return: again [emph?] to/for to cover [the] land: country/planet
You set a boundary for the oceans so they would not come back and cover the earth.
10 [the] to send: depart spring in/on/with torrent: valley between mountain: mount to go: walk [emph?]
You make springs flow into the streams, running down between the hills.
11 to water: watering all living thing field to break wild donkey thirst their
They provide water for all the wild animals, and wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 upon them bird [the] heaven to dwell from between: among branch to give: do voice
Birds build their nests in trees along the streams, singing from among the leaves.
13 to water: watering mountain: mount from upper room his from fruit deed: work your to satisfy [the] land: country/planet
You send down rain on the mountains from your home high above; you fill the earth with good things.
14 to spring grass to/for animal and vegetation to/for service: work [the] man to/for to come out: send food from [the] land: country/planet
You make the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to eat—crops produced by the earth for food,
15 and wine to rejoice heart human to/for to shine face from oil and food: bread heart human to support
and wine to make them happy, olive oil to make their faces shine, and bread to make them strong.
16 to satisfy tree LORD cedar Lebanon which to plant
The Lord's trees are well-watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 which there bird to make a nest stork cypress house: home her
Sparrows make their nests there; herons make their homes in the tall trees.
18 mountain: mount [the] high to/for goat crag refuge to/for rock badger
Wild goats live high in the mountains; hyraxes hide among the rocks.
19 to make moon to/for meeting: time appointed sun to know entrance his
You made the moon to mark the months, and the sun knows when to set.
20 to set: make darkness and to be night in/on/with him to creep all living thing wood
You make darkness fall and the night comes, the time when the forest animals come out to hunt.
21 [the] lion to roar to/for prey and to/for to seek from God food their
The young lions roar as they seek their prey, looking for the food that God provides for them.
22 to rise [the] sun to gather [emph?] and to(wards) habitation their to stretch [emph?]
When the sun rises they return to their dens to rest.
23 to come out: come man to/for work his and to/for service: work his till evening
Then people leave for work, working until the evening.
24 what? to multiply deed: work your LORD all their in/on/with wisdom to make to fill [the] land: country/planet acquisition your
Lord, how many different things you have made—all of them wisely created! The earth is full of your creatures.
25 this [the] sea great: large and broad: wide hand: spacious there creeping and nothing number living thing small with great: large
Consider the sea, deep and wide, full of all kinds of living things, large and small.
26 there fleet to go: went [emph?] Leviathan this to form: formed to/for to laugh in/on/with him
Ships sail there, and Leviathan, that you made to play in it.
27 all their to(wards) you to await [emph?] to/for to give: give food their in/on/with time his
All creatures look to you to give them food at the right time.
28 to give: give to/for them to gather [emph?] to open hand your to satisfy [emph?] good
When you provide it, they gather it up. You hand out food to them, and they are well-fed.
29 to hide face your to dismay [emph?] to gather spirit: breath their to die [emph?] and to(wards) dust their to return: return [emph?]
When you turn away from them, they're terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
30 to send: depart spirit your to create [emph?] and to renew face: surface land: soil
When you send your breath, they are created, and life covers the earth again.
31 to be glory LORD to/for forever: enduring to rejoice LORD in/on/with deed: work his
May the Lord's glory last forever! The Lord is happy with all he has made.
32 [the] to look to/for land: country/planet and to tremble to touch in/on/with mountain: mount and be angry
He only has to look at the earth and it trembles; mountains pour out smoke at his touch.
33 to sing to/for LORD in/on/with life my to sing to/for God my in/on/with still my
I will sing to the Lord for as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God my whole life.
34 to please upon him complaint my I to rejoice in/on/with LORD
May he be pleased with my thoughts because I am happy in the Lord.
35 to finish sinner from [the] land: country/planet and wicked still nothing they to bless soul my [obj] LORD to boast: praise LORD
Let sinners be destroyed from the earth; let the wicked cease to exist. Let every part of me praise the Lord!

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