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!