Psalms 104
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendor,
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou are very great. Thou are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
3 He lays the beams of his chambers on water. He takes dark clouds for his chariot, and rides on the wings of the wind.
who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,
4 He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
who makes his agents spirits, his ministers a flame of fire,
5 He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.
6 With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
Thou covered it with the deep as with a vesture. The waters stood above the mountains.
7 But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
At thy rebuke they fled. At the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.
8 mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou had founded for them.
9 They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
11 The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.
13 From his chambers above he gives drink to the mountains, and satisfies earth with the vials of heaven.
He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
15 wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.
and wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
16 The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
17 where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are for coneys to hide in.
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
19 He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down.
20 You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
21 Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
22 At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
The sun arises; they get away, and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
24 How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches.
25 And there is the great broad sea, where are countless things in motion, living creatures, both great and small.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it.
27 They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
These all wait for thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.
28 And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
Thou give to them, they gather. Thou open thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take their breath away, they die and go back to their dust.
Thou hide thy face, they are troubled. Thou take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
Thou send forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. Let Jehovah rejoice in his works,
32 A glance of his makes the earth tremble, a touch of his makes the hills smoke.
who looks on the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord while I live, I will play to my God while I am.
I will sing to Jehovah as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
34 May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
Let thy meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Jehovah.
35 But may sinners be swept from the earth, and the wicked vanish forever. O my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.
