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
104
Praise to Yahweh for His Creation and Providence
1Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
O Yahweh my God, you are very great.
You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty,
2you who cover yourself with light as with a garment,
who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain,
3the one who sets beams in the waters for his upper chambers,
who makes clouds his chariot,
who rides#Hebrew “goes” on the wings of the wind,
4who makes his messengers the winds,
his attendants a flame of fire.
5He established the earth on her foundations,
so that it will not be moved forever and ever.
6You covered it with the deep as with a garment.
The waters stood above the mountains.
7At your rebuke they fled;
at the sound of your thunder they ran off.
8They ascended the mountains and drained though the valleys
to the place that you established#Or “appointed” for them.
9You set a boundary that they may not cross over,
so that they would not return to cover the earth.
10You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.
11They give drink for every beast of the field.
The wild donkeys quench#Literally “break” their thirst.
12Along them the birds of the heavens abide.
From among the branches they sing.#Literally “give voice”
13You are the one who waters#Literally “give drink” the mountains
from his upper chambers.
The earth is full#Or “is sated” with the fruit of your labors:
14who causes grass to grow for the cattle
and herbs for the service of humankind,
to bring forth food from the earth,
15and wine that makes glad the heart of man,
so that their faces shine from oil,
and bread that strengthens the heart of man.
16The trees of Yahweh drink their fill,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
17where birds make their nest.
The stork has its home in the fir trees.
18The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19He made the moon for appointed times;
the sun knows its time for setting.
20You make darkness, and it is night,
when#Hebrew “in it” all the animals of the forest creep about.
21The young lions are roaring for the prey
and seeking their food from God.
22When the sun rises, they gather together
and lie down in their dens.
23Humankind goes out to its work,
and to its labor until evening.
24How many are your works, O Yahweh;
all of them you have done in wisdom.
The earth is full of your creatures.
25This is the great and wide#Literally “broad of hands” sea,
in which are moving animals without number,
living things small and great.
26There the ships sail.
Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.#For this construction meaning “to play with,” see Job 40:29 (Eng: 41:5)
27They all wait for you
to give them their food at the proper time.#Literally “in its season”
28You give to them; they gather it.
You open your hand, they are filled with what is good.
29You hide your face, they are terrified.
You take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
30You send forth your Spirit,#Or “breath” they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31May the glory of Yahweh endure forever.
May Yahweh be glad in his works,
32the one who looks at the earth and it quakes,
and touches the mountains and they smoke.
33I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I remain alive.#Literally “while I am still”
34May my meditation be pleasing to him.
I will be glad in Yahweh.
35Let sinners perish completely from the earth,
and the wicked not remain alive.#Literally “they are not still”
Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
Praise Yah.#Hebrew hallelujah
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