Psalms 104

Jehovah’s care over all his works.

¹Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

⁴Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;

⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

⁸(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.

¹²By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

¹³He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, [And] oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man`s heart.

¹⁶The trees of Jehovah are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

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

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

²²The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

²³Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

²⁷These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

²⁸Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever; Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:

³²Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴Let thy meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.

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