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Psalms 104

¹Bless the Lord, O my inmost being!

0 Lord, my God, you are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.
²He spreads out light like a covering;
He stretches out the heavens as a tent.
³He fills his upper chambers with water;
He makes the clouds his chariot;
He travels on the wings of the wind.
⁴He makes the winds his messengers,
Fire and flame his servants.
⁵He established the earth on its foundations;
It shall not be moved forever and ever.
⁶The primeval ocean covered it like a garment;
The waters stood over the mountains.
⁷Prom your rebuke they fled;
From your thunderous voice they rushed away.
⁸They went up to the mountains, down to the netherworld chasms,
To the place which you appointed for them.
⁹You set them a limit which they cannot transgress;
They will not return to cover the earth.
¹⁰He sends forth springs in the wadis;
They flow between the mountains.
¹¹He makes all the beasts of the field drink;
He makes the onagers shatter their thirst.
¹²Near them (the streams) the birds of heaven nest;
Among them the ravens give forth their voice.
¹³He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
From the fruit of his work, the earth is well supplied.
¹⁴He brings forth grain for the animals;
And grass for those who serve man.

He indeed brings grain from the earth;
¹⁵And wine which gladdens the heart of man.

He indeed makes their faces shine with oil;
And bread, which strengthens the heart of man.
¹⁶The trees of the Lord have plenty;
The cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
¹⁷Where the birds make their nests;
As for the stork, her house is among their tops.
¹⁸The high mountains are for the mountain goats;
The rocky places are for the coneys.
¹⁹He made the moon for appointed times;
The sun knows when to go down.
²⁰It darkens, and becomes night;
In it creep all the beasts of the thicket.
²¹The lions roar for their prey;
They seek their food from God.
²²The sun rises, so they may be gathered,
So they may lie down in their dens
²³Man goes forth to his work,
And to his labor until the evening.
²⁴How marvelous are your works, O Lord!
You made them all wisely.
The earth is full of your created things.
²⁵This sea, great and wide across,
In which are uncountable creatures,
Living things, both small and great –
²⁶There the ships travel;
Leviathan which you made,
Plays in it.
²⁷All of them look to you,
To give them their food on time.
²⁸You give to them, so they may gather;
You open your hand, so they may be satisfied with good.
²⁹You hide your face, and they are disturbed;
You bring their breath to an end,
And they return to their dust.
³⁰You send forth your breath, and they are created;
So you renew the face of the ground.
³¹Let the glory of the Lord. be eternal;
Let the Lord rejoice in his works –
³²He who looks at the earth, and it trembles;
Who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
³³I will sing to the Lord while I live.
I will sing to my God while I continue to exist.
³⁴Let my song be pleasing to him,
I will rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵Sinners shall be removed from the earth,
And the wicked will be no more.

Bless the Lord, O my inmost being!

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