Psalms 104
1 Bless O self my Yahweh O Yahweh God my you are great exceedingly splendor and majesty you are clothed.
[I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes [MET], you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you!
2 [you are] wrapping yourself Light like garment [you are] stretching out [the] heavens like tent curtain.
You [created/caused] light to be like your robe [MET]. You spread out the sky like [a man sets up] 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.
You made/put your home [in heaven], above the rain clouds in the sky, [like a man puts the] rafters of his house in place [MET]. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots [to carry you].
4 [he is] making Messengers his winds servants his a fire flaming.
You caused the winds to be [like] your messengers [MET], and flames of fire to be [like] your servants.
5 He established [the] earth on foundations its not it will be shaken forever and ever.
You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken.
6 [the] deep Like clothing you covered it above [the] mountains they stood [the] waters.
[Later], you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains.
7 From rebuke your they fled! from [the] sound of thunder your they hurried away!
[But] when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away.
8 They went up mountains they went down valleys to [the] place which - you had established for them.
Mountains rose up [from the water], and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.
9 A boundary you set [which] not they will pass! not they will return! to cover the earth.
[Then] you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the [whole] earth.
10 The [one who] sends forth springs in the wadis between [the] mountains they go!
You make/cause springs to pour [water] into ravines; their [water] flows down between the mountains.
11 They give drink to every animal of [the] field they break wild donkeys thirst their.
Those [streams] provide water for all the animals [to drink]; the wild donkeys [drink the water and] are no longer thirsty.
12 At them [the] bird[s] of the heavens it dwells from between foliage they give forth voice.
Birds make their nests alongside [the streams], and they sing among the branches [of the trees].
13 [he is] watering Mountains from upper rooms his from [the] fruit of works your it is satisfied the earth.
From (your home in heaven/the sky) you send rain down on the mountains, and you fill the earth with many good things that you create.
14 [he is] causing to grow Grass - for the cattle and vegetation for [the] labor of humankind to bring forth food from the earth.
You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle [to eat], and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way [animals and people] get their food from [what grows in] the soil.
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.
We get [grapes to make] [MTY] wine to [drink and] make us cheerful, and we get [olives to make] [MTY] olive oil to [put on our] skin and cause it to shine, and we get [grain to make] [MTY] bread to give us strength.
16 They are satisfied [the] trees of Yahweh [the] cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
Yahweh, you [send plenty of rain to] water your trees, the cedar [trees] that you planted in Lebanon.
17 Where there birds they make nests [the] stork [is] fir trees home its.
Birds make their nests in those [trees]; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees.
18 [the] mountains High [belong] to the mountain goats crags [are] a refuge for the rock badgers.
High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks.
19 He made [the] moon for appointed times [the] sun it knows setting its.
[Yahweh], you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.
20 You make darkness and it may be night in it it moves about every animal of [the] forest.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, [looking for food].
21 The young lions [are] roaring for the prey and to seek from God food their.
At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, [but] they depend on you to give them food.
22 It rises the sun they gather! and into dens their they lie down!
At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
23 He goes out a person to work his and to labor his until evening.
And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is 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.
Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were [very] wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you [made].
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.
[We see] the ocean which is very large [DOU]! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones.
26 There ships they go about! Leviathan which you formed to play in it.
We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to (splash around/play) in the sea.
27 All of them to you they wait! to give food their at appropriate time its.
All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need.
28 You give to them they gather! you open hand your they are satisfied! good thing[s].
When you give them the food that they need, they gather it. You give them what you have in your hand, and they [eat it and] are satisfied.
29 You hide face your they are terrified! you withdraw breath their they die! and to dust their they return!
[But] if you refuse to give food to them, they become terrified. And when you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies [decay and] become soil again.
30 You send forth spirit your they are created! and you may renew [the] surface of [the] ground.
When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, they start to live; you give new life to all the living creatures on the earth.
31 May it be [the] glory of Yahweh for ever may he rejoice Yahweh in works his.
I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about [all] the things that he has created.
32 The [one who] looks to the earth and it trembled he touches the mountains so they may smoke.
He causes the earth to shake [just] by looking at it! By [merely] touching the mountains he makes/causes them to pour out fire and smoke!
33 I will sing to Yahweh in life my I will sing praises to God my in duration my.
I will sing to Yahweh (as long as I live/throughout my entire life). I will praise my God until the day that I die.
34 May it be pleasing to him meditation my I I rejoice in Yahweh.
I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought [about him], because I rejoice about [knowing] him.
35 Let them be destroyed sinners - from the earth and wicked [people] - [be] again not they bless O self my Yahweh praise Yahweh.
[But] I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth, so that there will be no more wicked [people]! [But as for] me, I will praise Yahweh! (Praise him/Hallelujah)!
