Psalm 104–105

Psalm 104

¹Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour; ²Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; — ³Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind; ⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire. ⁵He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. ⁶Thou hadst covered 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; — ⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; — ⁹Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains; ¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. ¹²The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches. ¹³He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. ¹⁴He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth, ¹⁵And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man’s heart. ¹⁶The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, 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 cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down. ²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth: ²¹The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from •God. ²²The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens. ²³Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. ²⁴How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. ²⁵Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great. ²⁶There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein. ²⁷These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season: ²⁸That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. ²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust. ³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works. ³²He 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 psalms to my God while I have my being. ³⁴My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. ³⁵Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah!

Psalm 105

¹Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples. ²Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works. ³Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. ⁴Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually; ⁵Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth: ⁶Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. ⁷He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He is ever mindful of his covenant, —the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, — ⁹Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; ¹⁰And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹¹Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; ¹²When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it. ¹³And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. ¹⁴He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes, ¹⁵Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm. ¹⁶And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread. ¹⁷He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman. ¹⁸They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons; ¹⁹Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him. ²⁰The king sent and loosed him—the ruler of peoples—and let him go free. ²¹He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions: ²²To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom. ²³And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. ²⁶He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen: ²⁷They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham. ²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. ²⁹He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die. ³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs, —in the chambers of their kings. ³¹He spoke, and there came dog-flies, and gnats in all their borders. ³²He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land; ³³And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders. ³⁴He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number; ³⁵And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour. ³⁷And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes. ³⁸Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them. ³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ⁴¹He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river. ⁴²For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant; ⁴³And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing; ⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples: ⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!