Psalms104

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul ! O Lord my God , you are very great ! You are clothed with splendor and majesty ,

²covering yourself with light as with a garment , stretching out the heavens like a tent .

³He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters ; he makes the clouds his chariot ; he rides on the wings of the wind ;

⁴he makes his messengers winds , his ministers a flaming fire .

⁵He set the earth on its foundations , so that it should never be moved .

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment ; the waters stood above the mountains .

⁷At your rebuke they fled ; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight .

⁸The mountains rose , the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.

⁹You set a boundary that they may not pass , so that they might not again cover the earth .

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys ; they flow between the hills ;

¹¹they give drink to every beast of the field ; the wild donkeys quench their thirst .

¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell ; they sing among the branches .

¹³From your lofty abode you water the mountains ; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work .

¹⁴You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate , that he may bring forth food from the earth

¹⁵and wine to gladden the heart of man , oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart .

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly , the cedars of Lebanon that he planted .

¹⁷In them the birds build their nests ; the stork has her home in the fir trees .

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats ; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers .

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons ; the sun knows its time for setting .

²⁰You make darkness , and it is night , when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

²¹The young lions roar for their prey , seeking their food from God .

²²When the sun rises , they steal away and lie down in their dens .

²³Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening .

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works ! In wisdom have you made them all ; the earth is full of your creatures .

²⁵Here is the sea , great and wide , which teems with creatures innumerable , living things both small and great .

²⁶There go the ships , and Leviathan , which you formed to play in it.

²⁷These all look to you, to give them their food in due season .

²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up ; when you open your hand , they are filled with good things .

²⁹When you hide your face , they are dismayed ; when you take away their breath , they die and return to their dust .

³⁰When you send forth your Spirit , they are created , and you renew the face of the ground .

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever ; may the Lord rejoice in his works ,

³²who looks on the earth and it trembles , who touches the mountains and they smoke !

³³I will sing to the Lord as long as I live ; I will sing praise to my God while I have being .

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed from the earth , and let the wicked be no more ! Bless the Lord, O my soul ! Praise the Lord!