Psalms 104
104
PSALM 104
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Bless God, my soul. O Lord my God,
thou art exceeding great;
With honour and with majesty
thou clothed art in state.
2With light, as with a robe, thyself
thou coverest about;
And, like unto a curtain, thou
the heavens stretchest out.
3Who of his chambers doth the beams
within the waters lay;
Who doth the clouds his chariot make,
on wings of wind make way.
4Who flaming fire his ministers,
his angels sp'rits, doth make:
5Who earth's foundations did lay,
that it should never shake.
6Thou didst it cover with the deep,
as with a garment spread:
The waters stood above the hills,
when thou the word but said.
7But at the voice of thy rebuke
they fled, and would not stay;
They at thy thunder's dreadful voice
did haste them fast away.
8They by the mountains do ascend,
and by the valley-ground
Descend, unto that very place
which thou for them didst found.
9Thou hast a bound unto them set,
that they may not pass over,
That they do not return again
the face of earth to cover.
10He to the valleys sends the springs,
which run among the hills:
11They to all beasts of field give drink,
wild asses drink their fills.
12By them the fowls of heav'n shall have
their habitation,
Which do among the branches sing
with delectation.
13He from his chambers watereth
the hills, when they are dry'd:
With fruit and increase of thy works
the earth is satisfy'd.
14For cattle he makes grass to grow,
he makes the herb to spring
For th' use of man, that food to him
he from the earth may bring;
15And wine, that to the heart of man
doth cheerfulness impart,
Oil that his face makes shine,
and bread that strengtheneth his heart.
16The trees of God are full of sap;
the cedars that do stand
In Lebanon, which planted were
by his almighty hand.
17Birds of the air upon their boughs
do chuse their nests to make;
As for the stork, the fir-tree she
doth for her dwelling take.
18The lofty mountains for wild goats
a place of refuge be;
The conies also to the rocks
do for their safety flee.
19He sets the moon in heav'n, thereby
the seasons to discern:
From him the sun his certain time
of going down doth learn.
20Thou darkness mak'st, 'tis night, then beasts
of forests creep abroad.
21The lions young roar for their prey,
and seek their meat from God.
22The sun doth rise, and home they flock,
down in their dens they lie.
23Man goes to work, his labour he
doth to the ev'ning ply.
24How manifold, Lord, are thy works!
in wisdom wonderful
Thou ev'ry one of them hast made;
earth's of thy riches full:
25So is this great and spacious sea,
wherein things creeping are,
Which number'd cannot be; and beasts
both great and small are there.
26There ships go; there thou mak'st to play
that leviathan great.
27These all wait on thee, that thou may'st
in due time give them meat.
28That which thou givest unto them
they gather for their food;
Thine hand thou open'st lib'rally,
they filled are with good.
29Thou hid'st thy face; they troubled are,
their breath thou tak'st away;
Then do they die, and to their dust
return again do they.
30Thy quick'ning spirit thou send'st forth,
then they created be;
And then the earth's decayed face
renewed is by thee.
31The glory of the mighty Lord
continue shall for ever:
The Lord JEHOVAH shall rejoice
in all his works together.
32Earth, as affrighted, trembleth all,
if he on it but look;
And if the mountains he but touch,
they presently do smoke.
33I will sing to the Lord most high,
so long as I shall live;
And while I being have I shall
to my God praises give.
34Of him my meditation shall
sweet thoughts to me afford;
And as for me, I will rejoice
in God, my only Lord.
35From earth let sinners be consum'd,
let ill men no more be.
O thou my soul, bless thou the Lord.
Praise to the Lord give ye.
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Psalms 104
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PSALM 104.
1Alleluia.
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
25He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
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