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!