The Psalms

chapter 104


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verse #1

Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.


verse #2

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.


verse #3

He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.


verse #4

He makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire.


verse #5

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.


verse #6

You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.


verse #7

At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.


verse #8

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.


verse #9

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.


verse #10

He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.


verse #11

They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.


verse #12

The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.


verse #13

He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.


verse #14

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:


verse #15

wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.


verse #16

Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,


verse #17

where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.


verse #18

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


verse #19

He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.


verse #20

You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.


verse #21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.


verse #22

The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens.


verse #23

Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.


verse #24

Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.


verse #25

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.


verse #26

There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.


verse #27

These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.


verse #28

You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.


verse #29

You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.


verse #30

You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.


verse #31

Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.


verse #32

He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.


verse #33

I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.


verse #34

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.


verse #35

Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

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