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, O my soul, Yahweh, —Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself,
2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;
3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
Building, in the waters, his upper chambers, —Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind;
4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
Making His messengers, winds, His attendants, a flaming fire;
5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age-abiding and beyond.
6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
With the resounding deep—as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters;
7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away;
8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them;
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
10 He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst.
12 The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice.
13 He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth.
14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food 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.
And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, —And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.
16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir-trees, hath her house;
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in.
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest;
21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food.
22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And, in their lairs, lay them down.
23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening.
24 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them—in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession: —
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
This sea here, is great and broad on both hands, —Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great;
26 There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;
27 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season;
28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return:
30 When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age-abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works:
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
Who looketh at the earth, and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains, and they 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 Yahweh, as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God, while I continue;
34 May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
Pleasing unto him, be my (meditation) I, will rejoice in Yahweh.
35 May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist, —Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah!
