Psalm 104

Benedic, anima mea

¹ Praise the Lord, O my soul.*

O Lord my God, you have become exceedingly glorious; you are clothed with majesty and honor.

² You clothe yourself with light as with a garment,*

and spread out the heavens like a curtain.

³ You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters,*

and make the clouds your chariot, and walk upon the wings of the wind.

⁴ You make winds your messengers,*

and flames of fire your ministers.

⁵ You laid the foundations of the earth,*

that it never should move at any time.

⁶ You cover it with the deep as with a garment;*

the waters stand above the hills.

⁷ At your rebuke they fled;*

at the voice of your thunder they hastened away.

⁸ They went up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys beneath,*

even to the place you had appointed for them.

⁹ You have set bounds for them which they shall not pass;*

neither shall they again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You send the springs into the rivers,*

which run among the hills.

¹¹ All beasts of the field drink thereof,*

and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² Beside them shall the birds of the air have their habitation*

and sing among the branches.

¹³ You water the hills from above;*

the earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

¹⁴ You bring forth grass for the cattle,*

and plants for the service of mankind,

¹⁵ That they may bring food out of the earth, and wine that makes glad the heart,*

and oil to make a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen the heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord also are full of sap,*

even the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

¹⁷ Wherein the birds make their nests,*

and the fir trees are a dwelling for the stork.

¹⁸ The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats,*

and so are the stony cliffs for the rock badgers.

¹⁹ You appointed the moon to mark the seasons,*

and the sun knows its going down.

²⁰ You make darkness that it may be night,*

in which all the beasts of the forest move.

²¹ The lions, roaring after their prey,*

seek their meat from God.

²² The sun arises, and they go away together,*

and lay themselves down in their dens.

²³ Man goes forth to his work,*

and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works;*

in wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵ So is the great and wide sea also,*

in which are things creeping innumerable, creatures both small and great.

²⁶ There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan,*

whom you made to take its pleasure therein.

²⁷ These all wait upon you,*

that you may give them food in due season.

²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it,*

and when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

²⁹ When you hide your face, they are troubled;*

when you take away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

³⁰ When you let your breath go forth, they shall be made,*

and you shall renew the face of the earth.

³¹ The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever;*

the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

³² He looks at the earth and it trembles;*

if he even touches the hills, they shall smoke.

³³ I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live;*

I will praise my God while I have my being,

³⁴ And so shall my words please him;*

my joy shall be in the Lord.

³⁵ As for sinners, they shall perish from the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end.*

Praise the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord.

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