Psalmorum 104
1 Psalmus David. Benedic anima mea Domino: Domine Deus meus magnificatus es vehementer. Confessionem, et decorem induisti:
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honour and majesty.
2 amictus lumine sicut vestimento: Extendens caelum sicut pellem:
Who cover yourself with light as with a garment: who stretch out the heavens like a curtain:
3 qui tegis aquis superiora eius. Qui ponis nubem ascensum tuum: qui ambulas super pennas ventorum.
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 Qui facis angelos tuos, spiritus: et ministros tuos ignem urentem.
Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Qui fundasti terram super stabilitatem suam: non inclinabitur in saeculum saeculi.
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Abyssus, sicut vestimentum, amictus eius: super montes stabunt aquae.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 Ab increpatione tua fugient: a voce tonitrui tui formidabunt.
At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hasted away.
8 Ascendunt montes: et descendunt campi in locum, quem fundasti eis.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which you have founded for them.
9 Terminum posuisti, quem non transgredientur: neque convertentur operire terram.
You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 Qui emittis fontes in convallibus: inter medium montium pertransibunt aquae.
He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 Potabunt omnes bestiae agri: expectabunt onagri in siti sua.
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 Super ea volucres caeli habitabunt: de medio petrarum dabunt voces.
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 Rigans montes de superioribus suis: de fructu operum tuorum satiabitur terra:
He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works.
14 Producens foenum iumentis, et herbam servituti hominum: Ut educas panem de terra:
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 et vinum laetificet cor hominis: Ut exhilaret faciem in oleo: et panis cor hominis confirmet.
And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.
16 Saturabuntur ligna campi, et cedri Libani, quas plantavit:
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
17 illic passeres nidificabunt. Herodii domus dux est eorum:
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 montes excelsi cervis: petra refugium herinaciis.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 Fecit lunam in tempora: sol cognovit occasum suum.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down.
20 Posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox: in ipsa pertransibunt omnes bestiae silvae.
You make darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 Catuli leonum rugientes, ut rapiant, et quaerant a Deo escam sibi.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
22 Ortus est sol, et congregati sunt: et in cubilibus suis collocabuntur.
The sun arises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Exibit homo ad opus suum: et ad operationem suam usque ad vesperum.
Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 Quam magnificata sunt opera tua Domine! omnia in sapientia fecisti: impleta est terra possessione tua.
O LORD, how manifold are your works! in wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches.
25 Hoc mare magnum, et spatiosum manibus: illic reptilia, quorum non est numerus. Animalia pusilla cum magnis:
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 illic naves pertransibunt. Draco iste, quem formasti ad illudendum ei:
There go the ships: there is that leviathan (sea serpent), whom you have made to play therein.
27 omnia a te expectant ut des illis escam in tempore.
These wait all upon you; that you may give them their food in due season.
28 Dante te illis, colligent: aperiente te manum tuam, omnia implebuntur bonitate.
That you give them they gather: you open your hand, they are filled with good.
29 Avertente autem te faciem, turbabuntur: auferes spiritum eorum, et deficient, et in pulverem suum revertentur.
You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Emittes spiritum tuum, et creabuntur: et renovabis faciem terrae.
You send forth your spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth.
31 Sit gloria Domini in saeculum: laetabitur Dominus in operibus suis:
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 Qui respicit terram, et facit eam tremere: qui tangit montes, et fumigant.
He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the hills, and they smoke.
33 Cantabo Domino in vita mea: psallam Deo meo quamdiu sum.
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 Iucundum sit ei eloquium meum: ego vero delectabor in Domino.
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Deficiant peccatores a terra, et iniqui ita ut non sint: benedic anima mea Domino.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless you the LORD, O my soul. Praise all of you the LORD.
