Psalm 104

¹Bless the LORD O my soul, O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

⁴Who maketh winds his messengers; his ministers a flaming fire:

⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever.

⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away;

⁸They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; they run among the mountains:

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.

¹²By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, they sing among the branches.

¹³He watereth the mountains from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, andoil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

²²The sun ariseth, they get them away, and lay them down in their dens.

²³Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.

²⁷These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

²⁸That thou givest unto them they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works:

³²Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴Let my meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.