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