Psalm 104

[1] Bless the LORD, O my soul.
O LORD my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
[2] wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
[3] you set the beams of your chambers on the waters,
you make the clouds your chariot,
you ride on the wings of the wind,
[4] you make the winds your messengers,
fire and flame your ministers.

[5] You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.
[6] You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
[7] At your rebuke they flee;
at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
[8] They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys
to the place that you appointed for them.
[9] You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.

[10] You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills,
[11] giving drink to every wild animal;
the wild asses quench their thirst.
[12] By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.
[13] From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

[14] You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to use,
to bring forth food from the earth,
[15] and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine,
and bread to strengthen the human heart.
[16] The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
[17] In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has its home in the fir trees.
[18] The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
[19] You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.
[20] You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
[21] The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
[22] When the sun rises, they withdraw
and lie down in their dens.
[23] People go out to their work
and to their labor until the evening.

[24] O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
[25] Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
[26]There go the ships,
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.

[27] These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;
[28] when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
[29] When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
[30] When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.

[31] May the glory of the LORD endure for ever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works --
[32] who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.
[33] I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
[34] May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the LORD.
[35] Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!