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
God is great! #104:1 The writer of this psalm praises God. God is the one who has made the whole universe, and he is the one who takes care of it. It is because of God that everything has life.
1I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’
Lord, my God, you are very great!
You rule with authority as a great king.
2Light is all round you,
like the clothes that you wear.
You have put the skies as a roof over the earth.
3You have built the beams of your home
on the clouds of rain.
The clouds carry you as you travel,
and you ride on the wind.
4You use the winds to carry your messages.
Flames of fire are your servants.
5You, Lord, built the earth
on its strong foundations.
Nothing will ever shake it from its place.
6You covered the earth with deep water,
like a coat.
The water covered the tops of the mountains.
7But when you shouted,
the water went back.
It ran away,
when you shouted like thunder.
8The water poured down from the mountains,
and it went down into the valleys.
It went to stay in the place that you had chosen for it.
9You made a border for the water
so that it could not cross.
Never again will the water cover the earth. #104:9 See Genesis 1:9-10.
10You cause springs of water
to pour along the valleys.
Streams of water run between the hills.
11They give water to all the wild animals.
Wild donkeys drink from them.
12The birds make their homes beside the streams.
They sing from the branches of the trees.
13You pour down rain on the mountains
from your home above the sky.
You cause many fruits to grow on the earth.
14You give grass for farm animals to eat.
You give crops for people to plant.
In that way, people get food from the ground.
15They grow grapes for wine,
which makes them happy.
They grow olive trees for oil,
which makes their faces shine.
They grow grain for bread,
which makes them strong.
16The Lord's own trees receive plenty of rain.
They are the cedar trees
that he planted in Lebanon.
17The birds make their nests there.
Storks live there in the fir trees.
18The wild goats live high up in the mountains.
Rock badgers hide among the rocks.
19You made the moon
to tell us the months and seasons.
The sun also knows the right time for sunset.
20At night you make it dark,
so that the forest animals come out.
21The lions roar
while they look for animals to kill.
They look for the food that God gives to them.
22At sunrise, they go back to their homes,
and they lie down to rest.
23During the day, people go out to work.
They work at their jobs until it is evening.
24 Lord, you have made very many different things!
You were very wise in the way that you have made them all.
The earth is full of the living things
that you have made. #104:24 God knows how to make everything so that it is good. He is very wise. That is why we need to trust him and obey him. Then we will have good lives in the way that he has made us to be.
25Look at the sea, which is deep and wide!
It is full of living things,
that are both large and small.
They are more than anyone can count.
26Ships travel on the sea.
You made the monster, Leviathan,
to swim and to play in the sea.
27All these living things wait for you
to give them their food when they need it.
28When you give it to them, they take it.
You open your hand to feed them,
and they have plenty of good things.
29When you turn away from them,
they become very afraid.
When you take away their breath,
they die and they return to the dust.
30But when you breathe into anything,
it receives life.
In that way, you bring new life to the earth.
31I pray that the glory of the Lord
will continue for ever!
I pray that the Lord will be happy
with everything that he has made!
32When he looks down at the earth,
it shakes!
When he touches the mountains,
they pour out smoke!
33All my life, I will sing to praise the Lord.
I will always sing songs to praise my God,
for as long as I live.
34I want my song to make him happy.
I will be happy,
because of what the Lord has done.
35I pray that wicked people will disappear from the earth.
May they disappear for ever!
I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!’
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