Psalms 104:1–35

¹Bless Jehovah, O my soul.
O Jehovah my God, you have proved very great.
With dignity and splendor you have clothed yourself,
²Enwrapping yourself with light as with a garment,
Stretching out the heavens like a tent cloth,
³The One building his upper chambers with beams in the very waters,
Making the clouds his chariot,
Walking upon the wings of the wind,
⁴Making his angels spirits,
His ministers a devouring fire.

⁵He has founded the earth upon its established places;
It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.

⁶With a watery deep just like a garment you covered it.
The waters were standing above the very mountains.

⁷At your rebuke they began to flee;
At the sound of your thunder they were sent running in panic—
⁸Mountains proceeded to ascend,
Valley plains proceeded to descend—
To the place that you have founded for them.

⁹A boundary you set, beyond which they should not pass,
That they should not again cover the earth.

¹⁰He is sending springs into the torrent valleys;
Between the mountains they keep going on.

¹¹They continually give drink to all the wild beasts of the open field;
The zebras regularly quench their thirst.

¹²Above them roost the flying creatures of the heavens;
From among the thick foliage they keep giving forth sound.

¹³He is watering the mountains from his upper chambers.
With the fruitage of your works the earth is satisfied.

¹⁴He is making green grass sprout for the beasts,
And vegetation for the service of mankind,
To cause food to go forth from the earth,
¹⁵And wine that makes the heart of mortal man rejoice,
To make the face shine with oil,
And bread that sustains the very heart of mortal man.

¹⁶The trees of Jehovah are satisfied,
The cedars of Leb′a‧non that he planted,
¹⁷Where the birds themselves make nests.
As for the stork, the juniper trees are its house.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the mountain goats;
The crags are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹He has made the moon for appointed times;
The sun itself knows well where it sets.

²⁰You cause darkness, that it may become night;
In it all the wild animals of the forest move forth.

²¹The maned young lions are roaring for the prey
And for seeking their food from God himself.

²²The sun begins to shine—they withdraw
And they lie down in their own hiding places.

²³Man goes forth to his activity
And to his service until evening.

²⁴How many your works are, O Jehovah!
All of them in wisdom you have made.
The earth is full of your productions.

²⁵As for this sea so great and wide,
There there are moving things without number,
Living creatures, small as well as great.

²⁶There the ships go;
As for Le‧vi′a‧than, him you have formed to play about in it.

²⁷All of them—for you they keep waiting
To give [them] their food in its season.

²⁸What you give them they pick up.
You open your hand—they get satisfied with good things.

²⁹If you conceal your face, they get disturbed.
If you take away their spirit, they expire,
And back to their dust they go.

³⁰If you send forth your spirit, they are created;
And you make the face of the ground new.

³¹The glory of Jehovah will prove to be to time indefinite.
Jehovah will rejoice in his works.

³²He is looking at the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to Jehovah throughout my life;
I will make melody to my God as long as I am.

³⁴Let my musing about him be pleasurable.
I, for my part, shall rejoice in Jehovah.

³⁵The sinners will be finished off from the earth;
And as for the wicked, they will be no longer.
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise Jah, ​YOU​ people!