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
1Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, thou art very great!
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty,
2who coverest thyself with light as with a garment,
who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent,
3who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters,
who makest the clouds thy chariot,
who ridest on the wings of the wind,
4 #
Heb 1.7. who makest the winds thy messengers,
fire and flame thy ministers.
5Thou didst set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be shaken.
6Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
7At thy rebuke they fled;
at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight.
8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
to the place which thou didst appoint for them.
9Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.
10Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills,
11they give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 #
Mt 13.32; Mk 4.32; Lk 13.19. By them the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.
13From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work.
14Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle,
and plants for man to cultivate,#104.14 Or fodder for the animals that serve man
that he may bring forth food from the earth,
15and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine,
and bread to strengthen man's heart.
16The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
17In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
18The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
19Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.
20Thou makest darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
21The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
22When the sun rises, they get them away
and lie down in their dens.
23Man goes forth to his work
and to his labor until the evening.
24O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all;
the earth is full of thy creatures.
25Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with things innumerable,
living things both small and great.
26There go the ships,
and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.
27These all look to thee,
to give them their food in due season.
28When thou givest to them, they gather it up;
when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things.
29When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed;
when thou takest away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
30When thou sendest forth thy Spirit,#104.30 Or breath they are created;
and thou renewest the face of the ground.
31May the glory of the Lord endure for ever,
may the Lord rejoice in his works,
32who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke!
33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
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