Psalm 104:1–35

The Lord’s Care over All His Works.

^1aBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, You are very great;

You are ^bclothed with splendor and majesty,

²Covering Yourself with ^alight as with a cloak,

^bStretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

³¹He ^alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;

He makes the ^bclouds His chariot;

He walks upon the ^cwings of the wind;

⁴¹He makes ^2athe winds His messengers,

³Flaming ^bfire His ministers.

⁵He ^aestablished the earth upon its foundations,

So that it will not ¹totter forever and ever.

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

The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷At Your ^arebuke they fled,

At the ^bsound of Your thunder they hurried away.

⁸The mountains rose; the valleys sank down

To the ^aplace which You established for them.

⁹You set a ^aboundary that they may not pass over,

So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰¹He sends forth ^asprings in the valleys;

They flow between the mountains;

¹¹They ^agive drink to every beast of the field;

The ^bwild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²¹Beside them the birds of the heavens ^adwell;

They ²lift up their voices among the branches.

¹³¹He ^awaters the mountains from His upper chambers;

^bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴¹He causes the ^agrass to grow for the ²cattle,

And ^bvegetation for the ³labor of man,

So that ⁴he may bring forth ⁵food ^cfrom the earth,

¹⁵And ^awine which makes man’s heart glad,

^bSo that he may make his face glisten with oil,

And ¹food which ^csustains man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord ¹drink their fill,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷Where the ^abirds build their nests,

And the ^bstork, whose home is the ¹fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the ^awild goats;

The ^bcliffs are a refuge for the ^1cshephanim.

¹⁹He made the moon ^afor the seasons;

The ^bsun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰You ^aappoint darkness and it becomes night,

In which all the ^bbeasts of the forest ¹prowl about.

²¹The ^ayoung lions roar after their prey

¹And ^bseek their food from God.

²²When the sun rises they withdraw

And lie down in their ^adens.

²³Man goes forth to ^ahis work

And to his labor until evening.

²⁴O Lord, how ^amany are Your works!

¹In ^bwisdom You have made them all;

The ^cearth is full of Your ²possessions.

²⁵¹There is the ^asea, great and ²broad,

In which are swarms without number,

Animals both small and great.

²⁶There the ^aships move along,

And ^1bLeviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

²⁷They all ^await for You

To ^bgive them their food in ¹due season.

²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;

You ^aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹You ^ahide Your face, they are dismayed;

You ^btake away their ¹spirit, they expire

And ^creturn to their dust.

³⁰You send forth Your ^1aSpirit, they are created;

And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹Let the ^aglory of the Lord endure forever;

Let the Lord ^bbe glad in His works;

³²¹He ^alooks at the earth, and it ^btrembles;

He ^ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³¹I will sing to the Lord ^2aas long as I live;

I will ^bsing praise to my God ³while I have my being.

³⁴Let my ^ameditation be pleasing to Him;

As for me, I shall ^bbe glad in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be ^aconsumed from the earth

And let the ^bwicked be no more.

^cBless the Lord, O my soul.

^1dPraise ²the Lord!