Psalms 104
1 Bless, O my soul, YHWH! YHWH, my God, You have been very great, You have put on splendor and majesty.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendour,
2 Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
3 Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of 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 Making His messengers—the winds, His ministers—the flaming fire.
He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
5 He has founded earth on its bases, It is not moved for all time and forever.
He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
6 The abyss! You have covered it as with clothing, Waters stand above hills.
With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
7 They flee from Your rebuke, They hurry away from the voice of Your thunder.
But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
8 They go up hills—they go down valleys, To a place You have founded for them.
mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
9 You have set a border, they do not pass over, They do not turn back to cover the earth.
They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
10 He is sending forth fountains in valleys, They go on between hills.
He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
11 They water every beast of the field, Wild donkeys break their thirst.
The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 The bird of the heavens dwells by them, From between the branches They give forth the voice.
The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
13 Watering hills from His upper chambers, The earth is satisfied from the fruit of Your works.
From his chambers above he gives drink to the mountains, and satisfies earth with the vials of heaven.
14 Causing grass to spring up for livestock, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
15 And wine—it makes the heart of man glad, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread—it supports the heart of man.
wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.
16 The trees of YHWH [are] satisfied, Cedars of Lebanon that He has planted,
The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
17 Where birds make nests, The stork—the firs [are] her house.
where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
18 The high hills [are] for wild goats, rocks [are] a refuge for hyraxes,
The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are for coneys to hide in.
19 He made the moon for seasons, The sun has known his place of entrance.
He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
20 You set darkness, and it is night, Every beast of the forest creeps in it.
You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
21 The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek their food from God.
Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
22 The sun rises, they are gathered, And they crouch in their dens.
At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes forth to his work, And to his service—until evening.
Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
24 How many have been Your works, O YHWH, You have made all of them in wisdom, The earth is full of your possessions.
How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There [are] moving things—innumerable, Living creatures—small with great.
And there is the great broad sea, where are countless things in motion, living creatures, both great and small.
26 There ships go—[and] leviathan, That You have formed to play in it.
There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
27 All of them look to You, To give their food in its season.
They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
28 You give to them—they gather, You open Your hand—they [are] satisfied [with] good.
And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
29 You hide Your face—they are troubled, You gather their spirit—they expire, And they return to their dust.
When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take their breath away, they die and go back to their dust.
30 You send out Your Spirit, they are created, And You renew the face of the ground.
But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
31 The glory of YHWH is for all time, YHWH rejoices in His works,
May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
32 Who is looking to earth, and it trembles, He comes against hills, and they smoke.
A glance of his makes the earth tremble, a touch of his makes the hills smoke.
33 I sing to YHWH during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
I will sing to the Lord while I live, I will play to my God while I am.
34 My meditation on Him is sweet, I rejoice in YHWH.
May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Sinners are consumed from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, YHWH. Praise YAH!
But may sinners be swept from the earth, and the wicked vanish forever. O my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.
