Psalm
104 Bless Jehovah, O my soul.+
O Jehovah my God, you have proved very great.+
With dignity and splendor you have clothed+ yourself,
2 Enwrapping yourself with light as with a garment,+
Stretching out the heavens like a tent cloth,+
3 The One building his upper chambers with beams in the very waters,+
Making the clouds his chariot,+
Walking upon the wings of the wind,+
4 Making his angels spirits,*+
His ministers a devouring fire.+
5 He has founded the earth upon its established places;+
It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.+
6 With a watery deep* just like a garment you covered it.+
The waters were standing above the very mountains.+
7 At your rebuke they began to flee;+
At the sound of your thunder they were sent running in panic—
8 Mountains proceeded to ascend,+
Valley plains proceeded to descend—
To the place that you have founded for them.
9 A boundary you set, beyond which they should not pass,+
That they should not again cover the earth.+
11 They continually give drink to all the wild beasts of the open field;+
The zebras+ regularly quench their thirst.
12 Above them roost the flying creatures of the heavens;+
From among the thick foliage they keep giving forth sound.+
14 He is making green grass sprout for the beasts,+
And vegetation for the service of mankind,*+
To cause food* to go forth from the earth,+
15 And 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.+
16 The trees of Jehovah are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebʹa·non that he planted,+
17 Where the birds themselves make nests.+
As for the stork, the juniper trees are its house.+
20 You cause darkness, that it may become night;+
In it all the wild animals of the forest move forth.
24 How many your works are, O Jehovah!+
All of them in wisdom you have made.+
The earth is full of your productions.+
25 As for this sea so great and wide,*+
There there are moving things without number,+
Living creatures, small as well as great.+