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
1My soul, bless thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art magnified greatly. Thou hast clothed acknowledging and fairness;
2and thou art clothed with light, as with a cloth. And thou stretchest forth heaven as a skin;
3and thou coverest with waters the higher parts thereof. Which settest a cloud thy ascending; which goest on the feathers of winds.
4Which makest spirits thine angels; and thy ministers a burning fire.
5Which hast founded the earth on his stableness; it shall not be bowed into the world of world.
6The depth of waters as a cloth is the clothing thereof; waters shall stand on hills.
7Those [or they] shall flee from thy blaming; men shall be afeared of the voice of thy thunder.
8Hills go up, and fields go down; into the place which thou hast founded to those [or them].
9Thou hast set a term, which they shall not pass; neither those [or they] shall be turned, for to cover the earth.
10And thou sendest out wells into great valleys; waters shall pass betwixt the midst of hills.
11All the beasts of the field shall drink; wild asses shall abide in their thirst, that is, to be filled in their thirst.
12 [The] Birds of the air shall dwell on those; from the midst of the stones they shall give voices.
13And thou moistest [the] hills of their higher things; the earth shall be [ful] filled of the fruit of thy works.
14And thou bringest forth hay to beasts; and herb to the service of men. That thou bring forth bread of the earth;
15and that wine make glad the heart of men. That he make glad the face with oil; and that bread make steadfast the heart of man.
16The trees of the field shall be [full-]filled, and the cedars of the Lebanon, which he planted;
17sparrows shall make nest there. The house of the gyrfalcon is the leader of those [or them];
18high hills be refuge to harts; the stone is refuge to urchins.
19He made the moon into times; the sun knew his going down.
20Thou hast set darknesses, and night is made; all beasts of the wood shall go therein.
21Lions’ whelps roaring for to ravish; and to seek of God meat to them-selves.
22The sun is risen, and those [or they] be gathered together; and those [or they] shall be set in their couches.
23A man shall go out to his work; and to his working, till to the eventide.
24Lord, thy works be magnified full much, thou hast made all things in wisdom; the earth is filled with thy possessions.
25This sea is great and large to hands; there be creeping beasts, of which is no number. Little beasts with [the] great;
26ships shall pass there. This dragon which thou hast formed, for to scorn him.
27All things abide of thee; that thou give to them meat in time.
28When thou shalt give to them, they shall gather; when thou shalt open thine hand, all things shall be filled with goodness.
29But when thou shalt turn away thy face, they shall be troubled; thou shalt take away the spirit of them, and they shall fail; and they shall turn again into their dust.
30Send out thy spirit, and they shall be formed of the new or reformed of new; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
31The glory of the Lord be into the world; the Lord shall be glad in his works.
32Which beholdeth the earth, and maketh it to tremble; which toucheth hills, and those [or they] smoke.
33I shall sing to the Lord in my life; I shall say psalm to my God, as long as I am.
34My speech be merry or mirth to him; forsooth I shall delight in the Lord.
35Sinners fail from the earth, and wicked men fail, so that they be not; my soul, bless thou the Lord.
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