Psalms 104
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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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Psalm 104
104
O Lord My God, You Are Very Great
1 #
Ps. 103:1, 2, 22 Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, you are #See 2 Sam. 7:22 very great!
#
Ps. 93:1; Job 40:10; [Job 37:22] You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
2covering yourself with light as with a garment,
# See Job 9:8 stretching out the heavens #Isa. 40:22like a tent.
3He #Amos 9:6 lays the beams of his #ver. 13 chambers on the waters;
he makes #Isa. 19:1 the clouds his chariot;
he rides on #Ps. 18:10; 2 Sam. 22:11the wings of the wind;
4he #Cited Heb. 1:7; [Ps. 148:8] makes his messengers winds,
his #Ps. 103:21 ministers #[2 Kgs. 1:10; 2:11]a flaming fire.
5He #Ps. 24:2; 89:11; 136:6; See Job 38:4set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.
6You #Gen. 7:19covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
7At #Ps. 18:15; [Ps. 106:9; Gen. 1:9; 8:1, 5; Matt. 8:26] your rebuke they fled;
at #Ps. 77:18 the sound of your thunder they #Ps. 48:5took to flight.
8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
to the place that you #[Job 38:8, 10, 11]appointed for them.
9You set #See Job 26:10 a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they #See Gen. 9:11-16might not again cover the earth.
10You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills;
11they #[ver. 13]give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
they sing among the branches.
13 # ver. 3 From your lofty abode you #[Ps. 65:9; 147:8; Deut. 11:11; Job 5:10; Jer. 10:13; 14:22]water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
14You cause #Ps. 147:8, 9 the grass to grow for the livestock
and #Gen. 1:11, 29, 30; 3:18; 9:3 plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth #Job 28:5; [Ps. 136:25; 147:9]food from the earth
15and #Judg. 9:13; Eccles. 10:19; [Prov. 31:6, 7] wine to gladden the heart of man,
# [Ps. 23:5; Judg. 9:9] oil to make his face shine
and bread to #[Gen. 18:5]strengthen man’s heart.
16The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
# See Judg. 9:15 the cedars of Lebanon #[Num. 24:6]that he planted.
17In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
18The high mountains are for #See Job 39:1 the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for #Lev. 11:5; Prov. 30:26the rock badgers.
19He made the moon to mark the #Gen. 1:14; Lev. 23:4seasons;#104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)
the sun knows its time for setting.
20 #
Isa. 45:7
You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 #
Job 38:39
The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
22When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their #Job 37:8dens.
23 # [Gen. 3:19] Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.
24O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In #Prov. 3:19wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25Here is the sea, great and wide,
#
Ps. 69:34
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
26There go the ships,
and #See Job 41:1 Leviathan, which you formed to #[Job 40:20]play in it.#104:26 Or you formed to play with
27These #Ps. 145:15 all look to you,
to #[ver. 14]; See Job 36:31give them their food in due season.
28When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you #Ps. 145:16open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29When you #Ps. 30:7; [Deut. 31:17] hide your face, they are #Job 23:15 dismayed;
when you #See Job 34:14 take away their breath, they die
and #See Job 10:9return to their dust.
30When you #See Job 33:4 send forth your Spirit,#104:30 Or breath they are created,
and you #[Rev. 21:5]renew the face of the ground.
31May the glory of the Lord #Ps. 72:17 endure forever;
may the Lord #[Gen. 1:31; Prov. 8:31]rejoice in his works,
32who looks on the earth and it #[Hab. 3:10] trembles,
who #Ps. 144:5; Ex. 19:18; [Amos 9:5]touches the mountains and they smoke!
33I will sing to the Lord #See Ps. 63:4as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34May my #Job 15:4meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35Let #See Ps. 37:38 sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
# See ver. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul!
#
Ps. 105:45; 106:48; 113:9; 150:6 Praise the Lord!
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