Psalms 104
1 [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!
| ברכי נפשי את-יהוה יהוה אלהי גדלת מאד הוד והדר לבשת |
2 You [created/caused] light to be like your robe [MET]. You spread out the sky like [a man sets up] a tent.
| עטה-אור כשלמה נוטה שמים כיריעה |
3 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].
| המקרה במים עליותיו השם-עבים רכובו המהלך על-כנפי-רוח |
4 You caused the winds to be [like] your messengers [MET], and flames of fire to be [like] your servants.
| עשה מלאכיו רוחות משרתיו אש להט |
5 You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken.
| יסד-ארץ על-מכוניה בל-תמוט עולם ועד |
6 [Later], you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains.
| תהום כלבוש כסיתו על-הרים יעמדו מים |
7 [But] when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away.
| מן-גערתך ינוסון מן-קול רעמך יחפזון |
8 Mountains rose up [from the water], and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.
| יעלו הרים ירדו בקעות-- אל-מקום זה יסדת להם |
9 [Then] you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the [whole] earth.
| גבול-שמת בל-יעברון בל-ישבון לכסות הארץ |
10 You make/cause springs to pour [water] into ravines; their [water] flows down between the mountains.
| המשלח מעינים בנחלים בין הרים יהלכון |
11 Those [streams] provide water for all the animals [to drink]; the wild donkeys [drink the water and] are no longer thirsty.
| ישקו כל-חיתו שדי ישברו פראים צמאם |
12 Birds make their nests alongside [the streams], and they sing among the branches [of the trees].
| עליהם עוף-השמים ישכון מבין עפאים יתנו-קול |
13 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.
| משקה הרים מעליותיו מפרי מעשיך תשבע הארץ |
14 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.
| מצמיח חציר לבהמה ועשב לעבדת האדם להוציא לחם מן-הארץ |
15 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.
| ויין ישמח לבב-אנוש-- להצהיל פנים משמן ולחם לבב-אנוש יסעד |
16 Yahweh, you [send plenty of rain to] water your trees, the cedar [trees] that you planted in Lebanon.
| ישבעו עצי יהוה-- ארזי לבנון אשר נטע |
17 Birds make their nests in those [trees]; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees.
| אשר-שם צפרים יקננו חסידה ברושים ביתה |
18 High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks.
| הרים הגבהים ליעלים סלעים מחסה לשפנים |
19 [Yahweh], you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.
| עשה ירח למועדים שמש ידע מבואו |
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, [looking for food].
| תשת-חשך ויהי לילה-- בו-תרמש כל-חיתו-יער |
21 At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, [but] they depend on you to give them food.
| הכפירים שאגים לטרף ולבקש מאל אכלם |
22 At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
| תזרח השמש יאספון ואל-מעונתם ירבצון |
23 And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is evening.
| יצא אדם לפעלו ולעבדתו עדי-ערב |
24 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].
| מה-רבו מעשיך יהוה-- כלם בחכמה עשית מלאה הארץ קנינך |
25 [We see] the ocean which is very large [DOU]! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones.
| זה הים גדול-- ורחב ידים שם-רמש ואין מספר חיות קטנות עם-גדלות |
26 We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to (splash around/play) in the sea.
| שם אניות יהלכון לויתן זה-יצרת לשחק-בו |
27 All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need.
| כלם אליך ישברון-- לתת אכלם בעתו |
28 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.
| תתן להם ילקטון תפתח ידך ישבעון טוב |
29 [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.
| תסתיר פניך יבהלון תסף רוחם יגועון ואל-עפרם ישובון |
30 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.
| תשלח רוחך יבראון ותחדש פני אדמה |
31 I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about [all] the things that he has created.
| יהי כבוד יהוה לעולם ישמח יהוה במעשיו |
32 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!
| המביט לארץ ותרעד יגע בהרים ויעשנו |
33 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.
| אשירה ליהוה בחיי אזמרה לאלהי בעודי |
34 I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought [about him], because I rejoice about [knowing] him.
| יערב עליו שיחי אנכי אשמח ביהוה |
35 [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)!
| יתמו חטאים מן-הארץ ורשעים עוד אינם-- ברכי נפשי את-יהוה הללו-יה |
