Psalms 104
1 Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, —Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself,
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendour,
2 Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;
covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
3 Building, in the waters, his upper chambers, —Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along 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 Making His messengers, winds, His attendants, a flaming fire;
He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
5 He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age-abiding and beyond.
He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
6 With the resounding deep—as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters;
With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away;
But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
8 Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them;
mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
9 Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
10 Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;
He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
11 They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst.
The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice.
The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
13 Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth.
From his chambers above he gives drink to the mountains, and satisfies earth with the vials of heaven.
14 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;
He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
15 And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, —And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.
wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.
16 Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
17 Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir-trees, hath her house;
where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
18 The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are for coneys to hide in.
19 He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in.
He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
20 Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest;
You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
21 The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food.
Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And, in their lairs, lay them down.
At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening.
Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
24 How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them—in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession: —
How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 This sea here, is great and broad on both hands, —Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, 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, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;
There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
27 All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season;
They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
28 Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return:
When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take their breath away, they die and go back to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground.
But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
31 Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age-abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works:
May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
32 Who looketh at the earth, and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
A glance of his makes the earth tremble, a touch of his makes the hills smoke.
33 I will sing to Yahweh, as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God, while I continue;
I will sing to the Lord while I live, I will play to my God while I am.
34 Pleasing unto him, be my (meditation) I, will rejoice in Yahweh.
May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist, —Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah!
But may sinners be swept from the earth, and the wicked vanish forever. O my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.
