Psalm 104:1–30

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

104^lBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are ^mvery great!

ⁿYou are clothed with splendor and majesty,

²covering yourself with light as with a garment,

^ostretching out the heavens ^plike a tent.

³He ^qlays the beams of his ^rchambers on the waters;

he makes ^sthe clouds his chariot;

he rides on ^tthe wings of the wind;

⁴he ^umakes his messengers winds,

his ^vministers ^wa flaming fire.

⁵He ^xset the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

⁶You ^ycovered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At ^zyour rebuke they fled;

at ^athe sound of your thunder they ^btook to flight.

⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you ^cappointed for them.

⁹You set ^da boundary that they may not pass,

so that they ^emight not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

¹¹they ^fgive drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

^13gFrom your lofty abode you ^hwater the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴You cause ⁱthe grass to grow for the livestock

and ^jplants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth ^kfood from the earth

¹⁵and ^lwine to gladden the heart of man,

^moil to make his face shine

and bread to ⁿstrengthen man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,

^othe cedars of Lebanon ^pthat he planted.

¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for ^qthe wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for ^rthe rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^sseasons;¹

the sun knows its time for setting.

^20tYou make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

^21uThe young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

²²When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their ^vdens.

^23wMan goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In ^xwisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵Here is the sea, great and wide,

^ywhich teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

²⁶There go the ships,

and ^zLeviathan, which you formed to ^aplay in it.²

²⁷These ^ball look to you,

to ^cgive them their food in due season.

²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you ^dopen your hand, they are filled with good things.

²⁹When you ^ehide your face, they are ^fdismayed;

when you ^gtake away their breath, they die

and ^hreturn to their dust.

³⁰When you ⁱsend forth your Spirit,³ they are created,

and you ^jrenew the face of the ground.