Psalm 104
1Bless the LORD, O my soul;
O LORD my God, how excellent is your greatness!
you are clothed with majesty and splendor.
2You wrap yourself with light as with a cloak
and spread out the heavens like a curtain.
3You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above;
you make the clouds your chariot;
you ride on the wings of the wind.
4You make the winds your messengers
and flames of fire your servants.
5You have set the earth upon its foundations,
so that it never shall move at any time.
6You covered it with the Deep as with a mantle;
the waters stood higher than the mountains.
7At your rebuke they fled;
at the voice of your thunder they hastened away.
8They went up into the hills and down to the valleys beneath,
to the places you had appointed for them.
9You set the limits that they should not pass;
they shall not again cover the earth.
10You send the springs into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.
11All the beasts of the field drink their fill from them,
and the wild asses quench their thirst.
12Beside them the birds of the air make their nests
and sing among the branches.
13You water the mountains from your dwelling on high;
the earth is fully satisfied by the fruit of your works.
14You make grass grow for flocks and herds
and plants to serve mankind;
15That they may bring forth food from the earth,
and wine to gladden our hearts,
16Oil to make a cheerful countenance,
and bread to strengthen the heart.
17The trees of the LORD are full of sap,
the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
18In which the birds build their nests,
and in whose tops the stork makes his dwelling.
19The high hills are a refuge for the mountain goats,
and the stony cliffs for the rock badgers.
20You appointed the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows the time of its setting.
21You make darkness that it may be night,
in which all the beasts of the forest prowl.
22The lions roar after their prey
and seek their food from God.
23The sun rises, and they slip away
and lay themselves down in their dens.
24Man goes forth to his work
and to his labor until the evening.
25O LORD, how manifold are your works!
in wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
26Yonder is the great and wide sea
with its living things too many to number,
creatures both small and great.
27There move the ships,
and there is that Leviathan,
which you have made for the sport of it.
28All of them look to you
to give them their food in due season.
29You give it to them; they gather it;
you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
30You hide your face, and they are terrified;
you take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
31You send forth your Spirit, and they are created;
and so you renew the face of the earth.
32May the glory of the LORD endure for ever;
may the LORD rejoice in all his works.
33He looks at the earth and it trembles;
he touches the mountains and they smoke.
34I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will praise my God while I have my being.
35May these words of mine please him;
I will rejoice in the LORD.
36Let sinners be consumed out of the earth,
and the wicked be no more.
37Bless the LORD, O my soul. *
Hallelujah!