Psalm 104:5–105:24

5 He set the earthj on its foundations;k

it can never be moved.

6 You covered itl with the watery depthsm as with a garment;

the waters stoodn above the mountains.

7 But at your rebukeo the waters fled,

at the sound of your thunderp they took to flight;

8 they flowed over the mountains,

they went down into the valleys,

to the place you assignedq for them.

9 You set a boundaryr they cannot cross;

never again will they cover the earth.

10 He makes springss pour water into the ravines;

it flows between the mountains.

11 They give watert to all the beasts of the field;

the wild donkeysu quench their thirst.

12 The birds of the skyv nest by the waters;

they sing among the branches.w

13 He waters the mountainsx from his upper chambers;y

the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.z

14 He makes grass growa for the cattle,

and plants for people to cultivate—

bringing forth foodb from the earth:

15 winec that gladdens human hearts,

oild to make their faces shine,

and bread that sustainse their hearts.

16 The trees of the Lordf are well watered,

the cedars of Lebanong that he planted.

17 There the birdsh make their nests;

the stork has its home in the junipers.

18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;i

the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.j

19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,k

and the sunl knows when to go down.

20 You bring darkness,m it becomes night,n

and all the beasts of the foresto prowl.

21 The lions roar for their preyp

and seek their food from God.q

22 The sun rises, and they steal away;

they return and lie down in their dens.r

23 Then people go out to their work,s

to their labor until evening.t

24 How many are your works,u Lord!

In wisdom you madev them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.w

25 There is the sea,x vast and spacious,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small.y

26 There the shipsz go to and fro,

and Leviathan,a which you formed to frolicb there.c

27 All creatures look to you

to give them their foodd at the proper time.

28 When you give it to them,

they gather it up;

when you open your hand,

they are satisfiede with good things.

29 When you hide your face,f

they are terrified;

when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.g

30 When you send your Spirit,h

they are created,

and you renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lordi endure forever;

may the Lord rejoice in his worksj—

32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,k

who touches the mountains,l and they smoke.m

33 I will singn to the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,

as I rejoiceo in the Lord.

35 But may sinners vanishp from the earth

and the wicked be no more.q

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.b r

Psalm 105

105:1–15pp—1Ch 16:8–22

1 Give praise to the Lord,s proclaim his name;t

make known among the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him,u sing praise to him;v

tell of all his wonderful acts.w

3 Glory in his holy name;x

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4 Look to the Lord and his strength;

seek his facey always.

5 Remember the wondersz he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,a

6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,b

his chosenc ones, the children of Jacob.

7 He is the Lord our God;

his judgments are in all the earth.

8 He remembers his covenantd forever,

the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

9 the covenant he made with Abraham,e

the oath he swore to Isaac.

10 He confirmed itf to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant:g

11 “To you I will give the land of Canaanh

as the portion you will inherit.”i

12 When they were but few in number,j

few indeed, and strangers in it,k

13 they wandered from nation to nation,l

from one kingdom to another.

14 He allowed no one to oppressm them;

for their sake he rebuked kings:n

15 “Do not toucho my anointed ones;

do my prophetsp no harm.”

16 He called down famineq on the land

and destroyed all their supplies of food;

17 and he sent a man before them—

Joseph, sold as a slave.r

18 They bruised his feet with shackles,s

his neck was put in irons,

19 till what he foretoldt came to pass,

till the wordu of the Lord proved him true.

20 The king sent and released him,

the ruler of peoples set him free.v

21 He made him master of his household,

ruler over all he possessed,

22 to instruct his princesw as he pleased

and teach his elders wisdom.x

23 Then Israel entered Egypt;y

Jacob residedz as a foreigner in the land of Ham.a

24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;

he made them too numerousb for their foes,