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!