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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Tehillim 104
104
1Barachi (bless) Hashem, O my nefesh. Hashem Elohai, Thou art gadol me'od; Thou art clothed with hod (honor) and hadar (majesty).
2Who coverest Thyself with ohr (light) as with a garment; Who stretchest out Shomayim like a tent (curtain);
3Who layeth the beams of His aliyyot (upper rooms) on the mayim; Who maketh the clouds His merkavah; Who walketh upon the wings of the ruach (wind);
4Who maketh ruchot (spirits, winds) His malachim; His mesharetim (ministers), flaming eish;
5Who laid the mekhonim (foundations) of ha'aretz, that it should not move out of place olam va'ed.
6Thou coveredst it with the tehom (deep) as with a garment; the mayim stood above the harim (mountains).
7At Thy ga'arah (rebuke) they fled; at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away.
8They go up by the harim (mountains); they go down by the beka'ot (valleys) unto the makom (place) which Thou hast assigned for them.
9Thou hast set a boundary that they#104:9 the waters may not pass over; that they return not to cover ha'aretz.
10He sendeth the ma'ayanim (springs) into the ravines, which run among the harim.
11They give drink to every beast of the sadeh; the pera'im (donkeys) quench their thirst.
12By them shall the oph HaShomayim have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13He watereth the harim from His aliyyot (upper rooms); ha'aretz is satisfied with the p'ri (fruit) of Thy ma'asim.
14He causeth the khatzir (grass) to grow for the behemah, and esev for the avodas ha'adam; that he may bring forth lechem out of ha'aretz;
15And yayin that maketh glad levav enosh, and shemen to make panim (faces) to shine, and lechem which strengtheneth levav enosh.
16The trees of Hashem are full of sap, the arazim (cedars) of Levanon, which He hath planted;
17Where the tzipporim (birds) make their nests; as for the khasidah (stork), the beroshim (cypresses) are her bais.
18The high hills are a makhseh (refuge, shelter) for the wild goats; and the rocks for the gophers.
19He appointed the yarei'ach for mo'adim; the shemesh knoweth the place of its going down.
20Thou makest choshech, and it is lailah; wherein all the beasts of the ya'ar (forest) do creep forth.
21The young lions roar after their teref (prey), and seek their okhel from G-d.
22The shemesh ariseth, they retreat, and lay themselves down in their me'onot (dwelling places, dens, homes).#104:22 Jn 14:2
23Adam goeth forth unto his work and to his avodah (labor, service) until erev.
24 Hashem, how manifold are Thy ma'asim! In chochmah (wisdom)#104:24 cf Ps 33:6; Jn 1:1 hast Thou made them all; ha'aretz is full of Thy riches.
25So is this gadol (great) and rekhav (wide, spacious) yam (sea), wherein are remes (creeping things), innumerable swarming chayyot (creatures), ketanot and gedolot.
26There go the oniyyot (ships); there is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made lesakhek (to play, to sport, to frolic) therein.
27These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them their ochel (food) in due season.
28That Thou givest them they gather; Thou openest Thine yad, they are satisfied with tov.
29Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their ruach, they expire, and return to their aphar.
30Thou sendest forth Thy Ruach,#104:30 Hakodesh they are created; and Thou renewest the face of adamah (earth).
31The Kavod Hashem shall endure l'olam; Hashem shall rejoice in His ma'asim (works).
32He looketh on ha'aretz, and it trembleth; He toucheth the harim, and they smoke.
33I will sing unto Hashem as long as I live; I will sing praise to Elohai while I have my being.
34May my si'akh (musing, meditation) be acceptable to Him; I will have simchah in Hashem.
35Let the chatta'im (sinners) be consumed from ha'aretz, and let the resha'im (wicked) be no more. Baruch Hashem, O my nefesh. Praise Hashem!
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