Psalm 104

¹Bless the LORD, my soul.

The LORD, my God, you are very great.

You are clothed with honour and majesty.

²He covers himself with light as with a garment.

He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

³He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters.

He makes the clouds his chariot.

He walks on the wings of the wind.

⁴He makes his messengers winds,

and his servants flames of fire.

⁵He laid the foundations of the earth,

that it should not be moved forever.

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.

The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At your rebuke they fled.

At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

⁸The mountains rose,

the valleys sank down,

to the place which you had assigned to them.

⁹You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,

that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sends springs into the valleys.

They run amongst the mountains.

¹¹They give drink to every animal of the field.

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²The birds of the sky nest by them.

They sing amongst the branches.

¹³He waters the mountains from his rooms.

The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

¹⁴He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,

and plants for man to cultivate,

that he may produce food out of the earth:

¹⁵wine that makes the heart of man glad,

oil to make his face to shine,

and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

¹⁶The LORD’s trees are well watered,

the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,

¹⁷where the birds make their nests.

The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats.

The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons.

The sun knows when to set.

²⁰You make darkness, and it is night,

in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey,

and seek their food from God.

²²The sun rises, and they steal away,

and lie down in their dens.

²³Man goes out to his work,

to his labour until the evening.

²⁴The LORD, how many are your works!

In wisdom, you have made them all.

The earth is full of your riches.

²⁵There is the sea, great and wide,

in which are innumerable living things,

both small and large animals.

²⁶There the ships go,

and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

²⁷These all wait for you,

that you may give them their food in due season.

²⁸You give to them; they gather.

You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

²⁹You hide your face; they are troubled.

You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.

³⁰You send out your Spirit and they are created.

You renew the face of the ground.

³¹Let the LORD’s glory endure forever.

Let the LORD rejoice in his works.

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles.

He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.

I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴Let my meditation be sweet to him.

I will rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.

Let the wicked be no more.

Bless the LORD, my soul.

Praise the LORD!