Psalms - Chapter 104 | Good News Translation

  • 1. O LORD, my God, how great you are! You are clothed with majesty and glory;
  • 2. you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent
  • 3. and built your home on the waters above. You use the clouds as your chariot and ride on the wings of the wind.
  • 4. You use the winds as your messengers and flashes of lightning as your servants.
  • 5. You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.
  • 6. You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains.
  • 7. When you rebuked the waters, they fled; they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.
  • 8. They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys, to the place you had made for them.
  • 9. You set a boundary they can never pass, to keep them from covering the earth again.
  • 10. You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.
  • 11. They provide water for the wild animals; there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
  • 12. In the trees near by, the birds make their nests and sing.
  • 13. From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.
  • 14. You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops
  • 15. and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.
  • 16. The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain--- the LORD's own trees, which he planted.
  • 17. There the birds build their nests; the storks nest in the fir trees.
  • 18. The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.
  • 19. You created the moon to mark the months; the sun knows the time to set.
  • 20. You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.
  • 21. The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.
  • 22. When the sun rises, they go back and lie down in their dens.
  • 23. Then people go out to do their work and keep working until evening.
  • 24. LORD, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.
  • 25. There is the ocean, large and wide, where countless creatures live, large and small alike.
  • 26. The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.
  • 27. All of them depend on you to give them food when they need it.
  • 28. You give it to them, and they eat it; you provide food, and they are satisfied.
  • 29. When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came.
  • 30. But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth.
  • 31. May the glory of the LORD last forever! May the LORD be happy with what he has made!
  • 32. He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.
  • 33. I will sing to the LORD all my life; as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.
  • 34. May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.
  • 35. May sinners be destroyed from the earth; may the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul! Praise the LORD!
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