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Psalms 104

¹O LORD, my God, how great you are! You are clothed with majesty and glory;

²you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent

³and built your home on the waters above. You use the clouds as your chariot and ride on the wings of the wind.

⁴You use the winds as your messengers and flashes of lightning as your servants.

⁵You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.

⁶You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains.

⁷When you rebuked the waters, they fled; they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.

⁸They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys, to the place you had made for them.

⁹You set a boundary they can never pass, to keep them from covering the earth again.

¹⁰You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.

¹¹They provide water for the wild animals; there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²In the trees near by, the birds make their nests and sing.

¹³From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.

¹⁴You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops

¹⁵and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.

¹⁶The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain--- the LORD's own trees, which he planted.

¹⁷There the birds build their nests; the storks nest in the fir trees.

¹⁸The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.

¹⁹You created the moon to mark the months; the sun knows the time to set.

²⁰You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.

²¹The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.

²²When the sun rises, they go back and lie down in their dens.

²³Then people go out to do their work and keep working until evening.

²⁴LORD, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.

²⁵There is the ocean, large and wide, where countless creatures live, large and small alike.

²⁶The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.

²⁷All of them depend on you to give them food when they need it.

²⁸You give it to them, and they eat it; you provide food, and they are satisfied.

²⁹When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came.

³⁰But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth.

³¹May the glory of the LORD last forever! May the LORD be happy with what he has made!

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

³³I will sing to the LORD all my life; as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.

³⁴May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.

³⁵May sinners be destroyed from the earth; may the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul! Praise the LORD!