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Psalms 104

¹Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

²[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,

³Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,

⁴Who makes winds His messengers, Flames of fire His ministers.

⁵He established the earth on its foundations, So that it will not be moved forever and ever.

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷At Your rebuke they fled; At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.

⁹You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰You send springs into the valleys; Their waters flow among the mountains.

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst there.

¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests; They lift up their voices and sing among the branches.

¹³He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴He causes grass to grow for the cattle, And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man, So that he may bring food from the earth—

¹⁵And wine which makes the heart of man glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And bread to sustain and strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶The trees of the LORD drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests; As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the[1] shephanim.

¹⁹He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting.

²⁰You [O LORD] make darkness and it becomes night, In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.

²²When the sun arises, they withdraw And lie down in their dens.

²³Man goes out to his work And remains at his labor until evening.

²⁴O LORD, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.

²⁵There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Creatures both small and great.

²⁶There the ships [of the sea] sail, And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.

²⁷They all wait for You To give them their food in its appointed season.

²⁸You give it to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are filled and satisfied with good [things].

²⁹You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die And return to their dust.

³⁰You send out Your Spirit, they are created; You renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the LORD endure forever; May the LORD rejoice and be glad in His works—

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴May my meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him; As for me, I will rejoice and be glad in the LORD.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed from the earth, And let the wicked be no more. Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)