PSALM 104 [†]  l Bless the LORD, O my soul!

O LORD my God, you are  m very great!

 n You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

2[^] covering yourself with light as with a garment,

 o stretching out the heavens  p like a tent.

3 He  q lays the beams of his  r chambers on the waters;

he makes  s the clouds his chariot;

he rides on  t the wings of the wind;

4[†] he  u makes his messengers winds,

his  v ministers  w a flaming fire.

5[†] He  x set the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

6 You  y covered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7[†] At  z your rebuke they fled;

at  a the sound of your thunder they  b took to flight.

8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you  c appointed for them.

9 You set  d a boundary that they may not pass,

so that they  e might not again cover the earth.

10[†] You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

11 they  f give drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

13  g From your lofty abode you  h water the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14[†] You cause  i the grass to grow for the livestock

and  j plants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth  k food from the earth

15[†] and  l wine to gladden the heart of man,

 m oil to make his face shine

and bread to  n strengthen man’s heart.

16 The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly,

 o the cedars of Lebanon  p that he planted.

17 In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

18 The high mountains are for  q the wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for  r the rock badgers.

19[†] He made the moon to mark the  s seasons; [1]

the sun knows its time for setting.

20  t You make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21[†]  u The young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

22 When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their  v dens.

23  w Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

24 O LORD, how manifold are your works!

In  x wisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25[†] Here is the sea, great and wide,

 y which teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

26 There go the ships,

and  z Leviathan, which you formed to  a play in it. [2]

27[†] These  b all look to you,

to  c give them their food in due season.

28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you  d open your hand, they are filled with good things.

29[†] When you  e hide your face, they are  f dismayed;

when you  g take away their breath, they die

and  h return to their dust.

30 When you  i send forth your Spirit, [3] they are created,

and you  j renew the face of the ground.

31[†] May the glory of the LORD  k endure forever;

may the LORD  l rejoice in his works,

32 who looks on the earth and it  m trembles,

who  n touches the mountains and they smoke!

33 I will sing to the LORD  o as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

34 May my  p meditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the LORD.

35[†] Let  q sinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

 r Bless the LORD, O my soul!

 s Praise the LORD!