Psalm 104–105

Psalm 104

God the Creator

¹My soul, praise Yahweh!

Lord my God, You are very great;

You are clothed with majesty and splendor. ^y

²He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,

spreading out the sky like a canopy, ^z

³laying the beams of His palace

on the waters above, ^a

making the clouds His chariot, ^b

walking on the wings of the wind, ^c

⁴and making the winds His messengers, ^d

flames of fire His servants. ^e

⁵He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be shaken. ^f

⁶You covered it with the deep

as if it were a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains. ^g

⁷At Your rebuke the waters fled;

at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away ^h—

⁸mountains rose and valleys sank ⁱ—

to the place You established for them. ^j

⁹You set a boundary they cannot cross;

they will never cover the earth again. ^k

¹⁰He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;

they flow between the mountains. ^l

¹¹They supply water for every wild beast;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ^m

¹²The birds of the sky live beside the springs;

they sing among the foliage. ⁿ

¹³He waters the mountains from His palace;

the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor. ^o

¹⁴He causes grass to grow for the livestock

and provides crops for man to cultivate,

producing food from the earth, ^p

¹⁵wine that makes man’s heart glad—

making his face shine with oil—

and bread that sustains man’s heart. ^q

¹⁶The trees of the Lord flourish, ^r

the cedars of Lebanon that He planted. ^s

¹⁷There the birds make their nests;

the stork makes its home in the pine trees. ^t

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;

the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes. ^u

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^vfestivals; ^w

the sun knows when to set. ^x

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals stir. ^y

²¹The young lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God. ^z

²²The sun rises; they go back

and lie down in their dens. ^a

²³Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until evening. ^b

²⁴How countless are Your works, Lord!

In wisdom You have made them all;

the earth is full of Your creatures. ^cd

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small. ^e

²⁶There the ships move about,

and Leviathan, which You formed to play there. ^f

²⁷All of them wait for You

to give them their food at the right time. ^g

²⁸When You give it to them,

they gather it;

when You open Your hand,

they are satisfied with good things. ^h

²⁹When You hide Your face,

they are terrified;

when You take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust. ⁱ

³⁰When You send Your breath, ^j

they are created,

and You renew the face of the earth. ^k

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

may the Lord rejoice in His works. ^l

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles;

He touches the mountains,

and they pour out smoke. ^m

³³I will sing to the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God while I live. ⁿ

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to Him;

I will rejoice in the Lord. ^o

³⁵May sinners vanish from the earth

and wicked people be no more. ^p

My soul, praise Yahweh!

Hallelujah!

Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to His People

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;

proclaim His deeds among the peoples. ^q

²Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;

tell about all His wonderful works! ^r

³Honor His holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. ^s

⁴Search for the Lord and for His strength;

seek His face always. ^t

⁵Remember the wonderful works He has done,

His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced, ^uv

⁶you offspring of Abraham His servant,

Jacob’s descendants—His chosen ones. ^w

⁷He is the Lord our God;

His judgments govern the whole earth. ^x

⁸He remembers His covenant forever,

the promise He ordained

for a thousand generations ^y—

⁹the covenant He made with Abraham,

swore ^zto Isaac, ^a

¹⁰and confirmed to Jacob as a decree

and to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ^b

¹¹“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.” ^c

¹²When they were few in number,

very few indeed,

and temporary residents in Canaan, ^d

¹³wandering from nation to nation

and from one kingdom to another, ^e

¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress them;

He rebuked kings on their behalf: ^f

¹⁵“Do not touch My anointed ones, ^g

or harm My prophets.” ^h

¹⁶He called down famine against the land

and destroyed the entire food supply. ⁱ

¹⁷He had sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave. ^j

¹⁸They hurt his feet with shackles;

his neck was put in an iron collar. ^k

¹⁹Until the time his prediction came true,

the word of the Lord tested him. ^l

²⁰The king sent for him and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free. ^m

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all his possessions ⁿ—

²²binding ^ohis officials at will

and instructing his elders. ^p

²³Then Israel went to Egypt;

Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. ^qr

²⁴The Lord ^smade His people very fruitful;

He made them more numerous than their foes, ^t

²⁵whose hearts He turned to hate His people

and to deal deceptively with His servants. ^u

²⁶He sent Moses His servant,

and Aaron, whom He had chosen. ^v

²⁷They performed His miraculous signs among them,

and wonders in the land of Ham. ^wx

²⁸He sent darkness, and it became dark—

for did they not defy ^yHis commands? ^z

²⁹He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die. ^a

³⁰Their land was overrun with frogs,

even in their royal chambers. ^b

³¹He spoke, and insects came ^c—

gnats throughout their country. ^d

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and lightning throughout their land. ^e

³³He struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their territory. ^f

³⁴He spoke, and locusts came—

young locusts without number.

³⁵They devoured all the vegetation in their land

and consumed the produce of their land. ^g

³⁶He struck all the firstborn in their land,

all their first progeny. ^h

³⁷Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and no one among His tribes stumbled. ⁱ

³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,

for the dread of Israel ^jhad fallen on them. ^k

³⁹He spread a cloud as a covering

and gave a fire to light up the night. ^l

⁴⁰They asked, and He brought quail

and satisfied them with bread from heaven. ^m

⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed like a stream in the desert. ⁿ

⁴²For He remembered His holy promise

to Abraham His servant. ^o

⁴³He brought His people out with rejoicing,

His chosen ones with shouts of joy. ^p

⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations,

and they inherited

what other peoples had worked for. ^q

⁴⁵All this happened

so that they might keep His statutes

and obey His instructions. ^r

Hallelujah!