< Psalms 104 >

1 Bless O self my Yahweh O Yahweh God my you are great exceedingly splendor and majesty you are clothed.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great, clad in awful splendor,
2 [you are] wrapping yourself Light like garment [you are] stretching out [the] heavens like tent curtain.
covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
3 The [one who] makes beams for on the waters upper rooms his the [one who] makes clouds chariot his the [one who] walks 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 is] making Messengers his winds servants his a fire flaming.
He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
5 He established [the] earth on foundations its not it will be shaken forever and ever.
He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.
6 [the] deep Like clothing you covered it above [the] mountains they stood [the] waters.
With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.
7 From rebuke your they fled! from [the] sound of thunder your they hurried away!
But at your rebuke they fled, scared by the roar of your thunder,
8 They went up mountains they went down valleys to [the] place which - you had established for them.
mountains rose, valleys sank down to the place appointed for them.
9 A boundary you set [which] not they will pass! not they will return! to cover the earth.
They dared not pass the bounds set for them, or cover the earth any more.
10 The [one who] sends forth springs in the wadis between [the] mountains they go!
He sent brooks into the valleys, they meander between the mountains.
11 They give drink to every animal of [the] field they break wild donkeys thirst their.
The wild beasts all drink from them, and the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 At them [the] bird[s] of the heavens it dwells from between foliage they give forth voice.
The birds have their home by the banks, and sing in the branches.
13 [he is] watering Mountains from upper rooms his from [the] fruit of works your it is satisfied the earth.
From his chambers above he gives drink to the mountains, and satisfies earth with the vials of heaven.
14 [he is] causing to grow Grass - for the cattle and vegetation for [the] labor of humankind to bring forth food from the earth.
He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
15 And wine - [which] it makes glad [the] heart of humankind to make shine faces from oil and food [which the] heart of humankind it sustains.
wine, to gladden hearts; oil, to make faces shine; bread, to strengthen hearts.
16 They are satisfied [the] trees of Yahweh [the] cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
The trees of the Lord drink their fill the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
17 Where there birds they make nests [the] stork [is] fir trees home its.
where the little birds build their nest, and the stork whose home is the cypress.
18 [the] mountains High [belong] to the mountain goats crags [are] 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 for appointed times [the] sun it knows setting its.
He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
20 You make darkness and it may be night in it it moves about every animal of [the] forest.
You make it dark: night comes, when all the wild beasts creep out.
21 The young lions [are] roaring for the prey and to seek from God food their.
Young lions that roar for their prey, seeking their meat from God.
22 It rises the sun they gather! and into dens their they lie down!
At sunrise they slink away, and lie down in their dens.
23 He goes out a person to work his and to labor his until evening.
Then people go forth to their work, and toil till evening.
24 How! they are many works your - O Yahweh all of them with wisdom you have made it is full the earth creature[s] your.
How many, O Lord, are your works, all of them made in wisdom! The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 This - the sea [is] great and wide of both hands [are] there moving thing[s] and there not [is] a number living creatures small with large.
And there is the great broad sea, where are countless things in motion, living creatures, both great and small.
26 There ships they go about! Leviathan which you formed to play in it.
There go the ships, and the Leviathan you made to play there.
27 All of them to you they wait! to give food their at appropriate time its.
They all look in hope to you, to give them their food in due season.
28 You give to them they gather! you open hand your they are satisfied! good thing[s].
And you give with open hand; they gather and eat to their heart’s desire.
29 You hide face your they are terrified! you withdraw breath their they die! and to dust their 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 You send forth spirit your they are created! and you may renew [the] surface of [the] ground.
But a breath from your lips creates them, and renews the face of the earth.
31 May it be [the] glory of Yahweh for ever may he rejoice Yahweh in works his.
May the glory of the Lord be forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.
32 The [one who] looks to the earth and it trembled he touches the mountains so they may smoke.
A glance of his makes the earth tremble, a touch of his makes the hills smoke.
33 I will sing to Yahweh in life my I will sing praises to God my in duration my.
I will sing to the Lord while I live, I will play to my God while I am.
34 May it be pleasing to him meditation my I I rejoice in Yahweh.
May my musing be sweet to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let them be destroyed sinners - from the earth and wicked [people] - [be] again not they bless O self my Yahweh praise Yahweh.
But may sinners be swept from the earth, and the wicked vanish forever. O my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.

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