Psalms 104
104
Our Creator’s Compassion # 104 This psalm, attributed to David in the Septuagint, can be seen as an exposition of the days of creation: first day: vv. 1–2; second day: vv. 3–4; third day: vv. 5–17; fourth day: vv. 18–23; fifth day: vv. 24–26; sixth day: vv. 27–30.
1Everything I am will praise and bless the Lord!
O Lord, my God, your greatness takes my breath away,
overwhelming me by your majesty, beauty, and splendor! # 104:1 See Job 40:10.
2You wrap yourself with a shimmering, glistening light.
You wear sunshine like a garment of glory.
You stretch out the starry skies like a tapestry.
3You build your balconies with light beams
and ride as King in a chariot you made from clouds.
You fly upon the wings of the wind.
4You make your messengers into winds of the Spirit,
and all your ministers become flames of fire.
5You, our Creator, formed the earth,
and you hold it all together so it will never fall apart.
6You poured the ocean depths over the planet,
submerging mountains beneath.
7Yet at the sound of your thunder-shout
the waters all fled away, filling the deep with seas.
8The mountains rose and valleys sank
to the levels you decreed for them.
9Then you set a boundary line for the seas
and commanded them not to trespass.
10You sent springs cascading through the valleys,
flowing freely between the mountains and hills.
11You provide drink for every living thing;
men and beasts # 104:11 Or “wild donkeys.” have their thirst quenched because of you.
12The birds build nests near the tranquil streams,
chirping their joyous songs from the branches above.
13From your kindness you send the rain to water the mountains
from the upper rooms of your palace.
Your goodness # 104:13 Or “your works.” brings forth fruit for all to enjoy.
14Your compassion brings the earth’s harvest, feeding the hungry.
You cause the grass to grow for livestock,
along with the fruit, grains, and vegetables to feed mankind.
15You provide sweet wine to gladden hearts.
You give us daily bread to sustain life,
giving us glowing health for our bodies. # 104:15 Or “oil for our faces to shine.”
16The trees of the Lord drink until they’re satisfied.
Lebanon’s lofty trees stand tall right where you planted them.
17Within their branches you provide for birds
a place to build their nests;
even herons find a home in the cypress trees.
18You make the high mountains a home for wild goats
and the rocky crag where the rock badgers burrow.
19You made the moon to mark the months
and the sun to measure the days.
20You turn off the light and it becomes night,
and all the beasts of the forest come out to prowl.
21The mighty lions roar for their dinner,
but it’s you, God, who feeds them all.
22At sunrise they slink back to their dens
to crouch down in the shadows.
23Then man goes out to his labor and toil,
working from dawn to dusk.
24O Lord, what an amazing variety of all you have created!
Wild and wonderful is this world you have made,
while wisdom was there at your side.
This world is full of so many creatures, yet each belongs to you!
25And then there is the sea! So vast! So wide and deep—
swarming with countless forms of sea life, both small and great.
26Trading ships glide through the high seas.
And look! There are the massive whales
bounding upon the waves.
27All the creatures wait expectantly for you
to give them their food as you determine.
28You come near and they all gather around,
feasting from your open hands,
and each is satisfied from your abundant supply.
29But if you were to withhold from them and turn away,
they all would panic.
And when you choose to take away their breath,
each one dies and returns to the dust.
30When you release your Spirit-Wind, life is created,
ready to replenish life upon the earth.
31May God’s glorious splendor endure forever!
May the Lord take joy and pleasure in all that he has made.
32For the earth’s overseer has the power to make it tremble;
just a touch of his finger and volcanoes erupt
as the earth shakes and melts.
33I will sing my song to the Lord as long as I live!
Every day I will sing my praises to God.
34May you be pleased with every sweet thought I have about you,
for you are the source of my joy and gladness.
35Now, let all the sinners be swept from the earth.
But I will keep on praising you, my Lord, with all that is within me.
My joyous, blissful shouts of “Hallelujah” are all because of you!
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PSALM 104.
1Alleluia.
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
25He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
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