Psalms 104:1
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou are very great. Thou are clothed with honor and majesty,
Psalms 104:2
who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
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who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,
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who makes his agents spirits, his ministers a flame of fire,
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who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.
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Thou covered it with the deep as with a vesture. The waters stood above the mountains.
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At thy rebuke they fled. At the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.
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The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou had founded for them.
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Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Psalms 104:10
He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
Psalms 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.
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He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
Psalms 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
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and wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
Psalms 104:16
The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
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where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
Psalms 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down.
Psalms 104:20
Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
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The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
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The sun arises; they get away, and lie down in their dens.
Psalms 104:23
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
Psalms 104:24
O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms 104:25
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.
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There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it.
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These all wait for thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.
Psalms 104:28
Thou give to them, they gather. Thou open thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
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Thou hide thy face, they are troubled. Thou take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Psalms 104:30
Thou send forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renew the face of the ground.
Psalms 104:31
Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. Let Jehovah rejoice in his works,
Psalms 104:32
who looks on the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
Psalms 104:33
I will sing to Jehovah as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
Psalms 104:34
Let thy meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Jehovah.
Psalms 104:35
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.