Psalms 104
Psalms 104
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. Verse 2. He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. Verse 3. He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. Verse 4. He makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire. Verse 5. He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. Verse 6. You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. Verse 7. At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. Verse 8. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. Verse 9. You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth. Verse 10. He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. Verse 11. They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. Verse 12. The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. Verse 13. He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. Verse 14. He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth: Verse 15. wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart. Verse 16. Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, Verse 17. where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees. Verse 18. The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. Verse 19. He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. Verse 20. You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. Verse 21. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. Verse 22. The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens. Verse 23. Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening. Verse 24. Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches. Verse 25. There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. Verse 26. There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. Verse 27. These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. Verse 28. You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. Verse 29. You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. Verse 30. You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground. Verse 31. Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. Verse 32. He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. Verse 33. I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. Verse 34. Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. Verse 35. Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!