Ps-104
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v1
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
v2
covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
v3
He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
v4
he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
v5
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
v6
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
v7
At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
v8
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
v9
You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
v10
You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills;
v11
they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
v12
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.
v13
From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
v14
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
v15
and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
v16
The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
v17
In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
v18
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
v19
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
v20
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
v21
The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
v22
When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.
v23
Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.
v24
O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
v25
Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
v26
There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
v27
These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
v28
When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
v29
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
v30
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
v31
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works,
v32
who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
v33
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
v34
May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
v35
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!