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         <div class="label">104</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 104</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, you are very great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">you are clothed with splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wraps himself in light as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">he stretches out the heavens like a tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">He makes the clouds his chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">and rides on the wings of the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He makes winds his messengers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">angels</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">flames of fire his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He set the earth on its foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">it can never be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">the waters stood above the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But at your rebuke the waters fled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">they flowed over the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">they went down into the valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">to the place you assigned for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You set a boundary they cannot cross;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">never again will they cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">it flows between the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They give water to all the beasts of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The birds of the sky nest by the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">they sing among the branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He makes grass grow for the cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">and plants for people to cultivate&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">bringing forth food from the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">wine that gladdens human hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">oil to make their faces shine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">and bread that sustains their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are well watered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the birds make their nests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">the stork has its home in the junipers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He made the moon to mark the seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">and the sun knows when to go down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You bring darkness, it becomes night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lions roar for their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">and seek their food from God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sun rises, and they steal away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">they return and lie down in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then people go out to their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">to their labor until evening.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">How many are your works, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">In wisdom you made them all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is the sea, vast and spacious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">teeming with creatures beyond number&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">living things both large and small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">There the ships go to and fro,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All creatures look to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">to give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When you give it to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they gather it up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">when you open your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they are satisfied with good things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When you hide your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">when you take away their breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they die and return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When you send your Spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">they are created,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">May the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice in his works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">who touches the mountains, and they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I will sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">as I rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But may sinners vanish from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">and the wicked be no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:35 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">111</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 111</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">111:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">I will extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">in the council of the upright and in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Great are the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="content">they are pondered by all who delight in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorious and majestic are his deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="content">and his righteousness endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He has caused his wonders to be remembered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He provides food for those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="content">he remembers his covenant forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He has shown his people the power of his works,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="content">giving them the lands of other nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The works of his hands are faithful and just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="content">all his precepts are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are established for ever and ever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="content">enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He provided redemption for his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">he ordained his covenant forever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">holy and awesome is his name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="content">all who follow his precepts have good understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="content">To him belongs eternal praise.</span></span></div>
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