LEB - Psalms - 104

104:1  Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty,

104:2  you who cover yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain,

104:3  the one who sets beams in the waters for his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides on the wings of the wind,

104:4  who makes his messengers the winds, his attendants a flame of fire.

104:5  He established the earth on her foundations, so that it will not be moved forever and ever.

104:6  You covered it with the deep as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.

104:7  At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they ran off.

104:8  They ascended the mountains and drained though the valleys to the place that you established for them.

104:9  You set a boundary that they may not cross over, so that they would not return to cover the earth.

104:10  You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

104:11  They give drink for every beast of the field. The wild donkeys ⌞quench⌟ their thirst.

104:12  Along them the birds of the heavens abide. From among the branches they ⌞sing⌟.

104:13  You are the one who ⌞waters⌟ the mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full with the fruit of your labors:

104:14  who causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth,

104:15  and wine that makes glad the heart of man, so that their faces shine from oil, and bread that strengthens the heart of man.

104:16  The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,

104:17  where birds make their nest. The stork has its home in the fir trees.

104:18  The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

104:19  He made the moon for appointed times; the sun knows its time for setting.

104:20  You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest creep about.

104:21  The young lions are roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God.

104:22  When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.

104:23  Humankind goes out to its work, and to its labor until evening.

104:24  How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.

104:25  This is the great and ⌞wide⌟ sea, in which are moving animals without number, living things small and great.

104:26  There the ships sail. Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.

104:27  They all wait for you to give them their food ⌞at the proper time⌟.

104:28  You give to them; they gather it. You open your hand, they are filled with what is good.

104:29  You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

104:30  You send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

104:31  May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works,

104:32  the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke.

104:33  I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while ⌞I remain alive⌟.

104:34  May my meditation be pleasing to him. I will be glad in Yahweh.

104:35  Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and the wicked ⌞not remain alive⌟. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.