Psalms 104

1Bless Yahweh, O my soul! Yahweh my God, you are very great; you have clothed yourself with splendor and majesty.

2covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.

3who lays the beams of his upper chambers on the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind.

4He makes winds his messengers, a flaming fire his ministers.

5He founded the earth on its foundations; it will not be shaken forever and ever.

6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they hurried away.

8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place that you established for them.

9You set a boundary they may not cross; they may not return to cover the earth.

10He sends springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12Above them the birds of the sky dwell; from among the branches they call out.

13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works.

14He causes grass to grow for livestock, and plants for human cultivation, to bring forth bread from the earth,

15and wine that gladdens the human heart, oil that makes the face shine, and bread that sustains the human heart.

16The trees of Yahweh are filled, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,

17where the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the conifers.

18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the hyraxes.

19He made the moon for appointed times; the sun knows its setting.

20You bring darkness, and it becomes night; in it all the animals of the forest move about.

21The young lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

22The sun rises; they withdraw and lie down in their dens.

23Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.

24How many are your works, O Yahweh! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your possessions.

25There is the sea, great and wide; there are swarming things without number, living creatures both small and great.

26There the ships move about, and Leviathan, whom you formed to play in it.

27All of them wait for you to give them their food at the proper time.

28You give to them, and they gather it; you open your hand, and they are satisfied with good things.

29When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

30When you send out your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

31May the glory of Yahweh endure forever; may Yahweh rejoice in his works.

32He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live; I will make music to my God while I still live.

34May my meditation be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in Yahweh.

35May sinners disappear from the earth, and may the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Hallelujah!