PSALM 104
1Bless, O my being, the LORD!
LORD, my God, You are very great.
2Wrapped in light like a cloak,
stretching out heavens like a tent cloth.
3Setting beams for His lofts in the waters,
making His chariot the clouds,
He goes on the wings of the wind.
4He makes His messengers the winds,
His ministers, glowing fire.
5He founded earth on its solid base,
not to be shaken forevermore.
6With the deep You covered it like a garment—
over mountains the waters stood.
7From Your blast they fled,
from the sound of Your thunder they scattered.
8They went up the mountains, went down the valleys,
to the place that You founded for them.
9A border You fixed so they could not cross,
so they could not come back to cover the earth.
10You let loose the springs in freshets,
among the mountains they go.
11They water all beasts of the field,
the wild asses slake their thirst.
12Above them the fowl of the heavens dwell,
from among the foliage they send forth their voice.
13He waters mountains from His lofts,
from the fruit of Your works the earth is sated.
14He makes the hay sprout for cattle,
grass for the labor of humankind
to bring forth bread from the earth,
15and wine that gladdens the heart of man
to make faces shine brighter than oil,
and bread that sustains the heart of man.
16The trees of the LORD drink their fill,
the Lebanon cedars He planted,
17where the birds make their nest,
the stork whose home is the cypresses,
18the high mountains for the gazelles,
the crags a shelter for badgers.
19He made the moon for the fixed seasons;
the sun—He appointed its setting.
20You bring down darkness and it turns to night
in which all beasts of the forest stir.
21The lions roar for prey,
seeking from God their food.
22When the sun comes up, they head home,
and in their dens they lie down.
23Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.
24How many Your deeds, O LORD,
all of them You do in wisdom.
All the earth is filled with Your riches.
25This sea great and wide,
where creatures beyond number stir,
the little beasts and the large.
26There the ships go,
this Leviathan You fashioned to play with.
27All of them look to You
to give them their food in its season.
28When You give them, they gather it in,
when You open Your hand, they are sated with good.
29When You hide Your face, they panic,
You withdraw their breath and they perish,
and to the dust they return.
30When You send forth Your breath, they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.
31May the LORD’s glory be forever,
may the LORD rejoice in His works,
32Who but looks down to earth, and it trembles,
but touches the mountains—they smoke.
33Let me sing to the LORD while I live,
let me hymn to my God while I breathe.
34Let my speech be sweet unto Him.
As for me, I rejoice in the LORD.
35Let offenders vanish from earth
and the wicked be no more.
Bless, O my being, the LORD,
Hallelujah!