Psalms 104
104
PSALM 104
1Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God#GodHebrew: Elohim thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour; 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; — 3Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind; 4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire. 5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. 6Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains: 7At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; — 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; — 9Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains; 11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. 12The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches. 13He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth, 15And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart. 16The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted, 17Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.
19He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down. 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth: 21The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from ·God#GodHebrew: El 22The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens. 23Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 25Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great. 26There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein. 27These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season: 28That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust. 30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works. 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. 33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God#GodHebrew: Elohim while I have my being. 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. 35Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah!
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Psalms 104
104
1-14a O my soul, bless God!
God, my God, how great you are!
beautifully, gloriously robed,
Dressed up in sunshine,
and all heaven stretched out for your tent.
You built your palace on the ocean deeps,
made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings.
You commandeered winds as messengers,
appointed fire and flame as ambassadors.
You set earth on a firm foundation
so that nothing can shake it, ever.
You blanketed earth with ocean,
covered the mountains with deep waters;
Then you roared and the water ran away—
your thunder crash put it to flight.
Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out
in the places you assigned them.
You set boundaries between earth and sea;
never again will earth be flooded.
You started the springs and rivers,
sent them flowing among the hills.
All the wild animals now drink their fill,
wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Along the riverbanks the birds build nests,
ravens make their voices heard.
You water the mountains from your heavenly reservoirs;
earth is supplied with plenty of water.
You make grass grow for the livestock,
hay for the animals that plow the ground.
14b-23 Oh yes, God brings grain from the land,
wine to make people happy,
Their faces glowing with health,
a people well-fed and hearty.
God’s trees are well-watered—
the Lebanon cedars he planted.
Birds build their nests in those trees;
look—the stork at home in the treetop.
Mountain goats climb about the cliffs;
badgers burrow among the rocks.
The moon keeps track of the seasons,
the sun is in charge of each day.
When it’s dark and night takes over,
all the forest creatures come out.
The young lions roar for their prey,
clamoring to God for their supper.
When the sun comes up, they vanish,
lazily stretched out in their dens.
Meanwhile, men and women go out to work,
busy at their jobs until evening.
24-30What a wildly wonderful world, God!
You made it all, with Wisdom at your side,
made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.
Oh, look—the deep, wide sea,
brimming with fish past counting,
sardines and sharks and salmon.
Ships plow those waters,
and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them.
All the creatures look expectantly to you
to give them their meals on time.
You come, and they gather around;
you open your hand and they eat from it.
If you turned your back,
they’d die in a minute—
Take back your Spirit and they die,
revert to original mud;
Send out your Spirit and they spring to life—
the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
31-32The glory of God—let it last forever!
Let God enjoy his creation!
He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake,
points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt.
33-35Oh, let me sing to God all my life long,
sing hymns to my God as long as I live!
Oh, let my song please him;
I’m so pleased to be singing to God.
But clear the ground of sinners—
no more godless men and women!
O my soul, bless God!
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