Psalms 104
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendor,
2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
He lays the beams of his chambers on water. He takes dark clouds for his chariot, and rides on the wings of the wind.
4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
10 He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
13 He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
From his chambers above he gives drink to the mountains, and satisfies earth with the vials of heaven.
14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.
16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
17 where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are for coneys to hide in.
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
24 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
And there is the great broad sea, where are countless things in motion, living creatures, both great and small.
26 There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
27 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take their breath away, they die and go back to their dust.
30 When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
A glance of his makes the earth tremble, a touch of his makes the hills smoke.
33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
I will sing to the Lord while I live, I will play to my God while I am.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
But may sinners be swept from the earth, and the wicked vanish forever. O my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.
