Psalm 104

Praise to the Sovereign Lord For His Creation and Providence

1 Bless athe Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, You are very great:

You are clothed with honor and majesty,

2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,

Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

3 bHe lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,

Who makes the clouds His chariot,

Who walks on the wings of the wind,

4 Who makes His angels spirits,

His 1ministers a flame of fire.

5 You who 2laid the foundations of the earth,

So that it should not be moved forever,

6 You ccovered it with the deep as with a garment;

The waters stood above the mountains.

7 At Your rebuke they fled;

At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

8 3They went up over the mountains;

They went down into the valleys,

To the place which You founded for them.

9 You have dset a boundary that they may not pass over,

eThat they may not return to cover the earth.

10 He sends the springs into the valleys;

They flow among the hills.

11 They give drink to every beast of the field;

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;

They sing among the branches.

13 fHe waters the hills from His upper chambers;

The earth is satisfied with gthe fruit of Your works.

14 hHe causes the grass to grow for the cattle,

And vegetation for the service of man,

That he may bring forth ifood from the earth,

15 And jwine that makes glad the heart of man,

Oil to make his face shine,

And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

17 Where the birds make their nests;

The stork has her home in the fir trees.

18 The high hills are for the wild goats;

The cliffs are a refuge for the krock 4badgers.

19 lHe appointed the moon for seasons;

The msun knows its going down.

20 nYou make darkness, and it is night,

In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21 oThe young lions roar after their prey,

And seek their food from God.

22 When the sun rises, they gather together

And lie down in their dens.

23 Man goes out to phis work

And to his labor until the evening.

24 qO Lord, how manifold are Your works!

In wisdom You have made them all.

The earth is full of Your rpossessions—

25 This great and wide sea,

In which are innumerable teeming things,

Living things both small and great.

26 There the ships sail about;

There is that sLeviathan 5

Which You have 6made to play there.

27 tThese all wait for You,

That You may give them their food in due season.

28 What You give them they gather in;

You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;

uYou take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

30 vYou send forth Your Spirit, they are created;

And You renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

May the Lord wrejoice in His works.

32 He looks on the earth, and it xtrembles;

yHe touches the hills, and they smoke.

33 zI will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34 May my ameditation be sweet to Him;

I will be glad in the Lord.

35 May bsinners be consumed from the earth,

And the wicked be no more.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

7Praise the Lord!

Psalm 105

The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord

1 Oh, agive thanks to the Lord!

Call upon His name;

bMake known His deeds among the peoples!

2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;

cTalk of all His wondrous works!

3 Glory in His holy name;

Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!

4 Seek the Lord and His strength;

dSeek His face evermore!

5 eRemember His marvelous works which He has done,

His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

6 O seed of Abraham His servant,

You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

7 He is the Lord our God;

fHis judgments are in all the earth.

8 He gremembers His covenant forever,

The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,

9 hThe covenant which He made with Abraham,

And His oath to Isaac,

10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,

To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11 Saying, i“To you I will give the land of Canaan

As the allotment of your inheritance,”

12 jWhen they were few in number,

Indeed very few, kand strangers in it.

13 When they went from one nation to another,

From one kingdom to another people,

14 lHe permitted no one to do them wrong;

Yes, mHe rebuked kings for their sakes,

15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,

And do My prophets no harm.”

16 Moreover nHe called for a famine in the land;

He destroyed all the oprovision of bread.

17 pHe sent a man before them—

Joseph—who qwas sold as a slave.

18 rThey hurt his feet with fetters,

1He was laid in irons.

19 Until the time that his word came to pass,

sThe word of the Lord tested him.

20 tThe king sent and released him,

The ruler of the people let him go free.

21 uHe made him lord of his house,

And ruler of all his possessions,

22 To 2bind his princes at his pleasure,

And teach his elders wisdom.

23 vIsrael also came into Egypt,

And Jacob dwelt win the land of Ham.

24 xHe increased His people greatly,

And made them stronger than their enemies.

25 yHe turned their heart to hate His people,

To deal craftily with His servants.

26 zHe sent Moses His servant,

And Aaron whom He had chosen.

27 They aperformed His signs among them,

And wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark;

And they did not rebel against His word.

29 bHe turned their waters into blood,

And killed their fish.

30 cTheir land abounded with frogs,

Even in the chambers of their kings.

31 dHe spoke, and there came swarms of flies,

And lice in all their territory.

32 eHe gave them hail for rain,

And flaming fire in their land.

33 fHe struck their vines also, and their fig trees,

And splintered the trees of their territory.

34 gHe spoke, and locusts came,

Young locusts without number,

35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land,

And devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 hHe also 3destroyed all the firstborn in their land,

iThe first of all their strength.

37 jHe also brought them out with silver and gold,

And there was none feeble among His tribes.

38 kEgypt was glad when they departed,

For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

39 lHe spread a cloud for a covering,

And fire to give light in the night.

40 mThe people asked, and He brought quail,

And nsatisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 oHe opened the rock, and water gushed out;

It ran in the dry places like a river.

42 For He remembered pHis holy promise,

And Abraham His servant.

43 He brought out His people with joy,

His chosen ones with 4gladness.

44 qHe gave them the lands of the 5Gentiles,

And they inherited the labor of the nations,

45 rThat they might observe His statutes

And keep His laws.

6Praise the Lord!