Psalms - Chapter 104 | New International Version

  • 1. Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
  • 2. He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
  • 3. and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
  • 4. He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
  • 5. He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
  • 6. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
  • 7. But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
  • 8. they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
  • 9. You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
  • 10. He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.
  • 11. They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
  • 12. The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
  • 13. He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
  • 14. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth:
  • 15. wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
  • 16. The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
  • 17. There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees.
  • 18. The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the coneys.
  • 19. The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
  • 20. You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
  • 21. The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
  • 22. The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.
  • 23. Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.
  • 24. How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
  • 25. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small.
  • 26. There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
  • 27. These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
  • 28. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
  • 29. When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
  • 30. When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
  • 31. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works--
  • 32. he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
  • 33. I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
  • 34. May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.
  • 35. But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.
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