Psalm 104

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!