Psalm 104 (New American Standard)

The LORD'S Care over All His Works.

1 ¹Bless the LORD, O my soul ! O LORD my God, You are very great ; You are ²clothed with splendor and majesty, 2 Covering Yourself with ³light as with a cloak, ⁴Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain. 3 ^aHe ⁵lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters ; ^bHe makes the ⁶clouds His chariot ; ^cHe walks upon the ⁷wings of the wind ; 4 ^dHe makes ^e8the winds His messengers, ^fFlaming ⁹fire His ministers. 5 He ¹⁰established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not ^gtotter forever and ever. 6 You ¹¹covered it with the deep as with a garment ; The waters were standing above the mountains. 7 At Your ¹²rebuke they fled, At the ¹³sound of Your thunder they hurried away. 8 The mountains rose ; the valleys sank down To the ¹⁴place which You established for them. 9 You set a ¹⁵boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth. 10 ^hHe sends forth ¹⁶springs in the valleys ; They flow between the mountains ; 11 They ¹⁷give drink to every beast of the field ; The ¹⁸wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 ⁱBeside them the birds of the heavens ¹⁹dwell ; They ^jlift up their voices among the branches. 13 ^kHe ²⁰waters the mountains from His upper chambers ; ²¹The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. 14 ^lHe causes the ²²grass to grow for the ^mcattle, And ²³vegetation for the ⁿlabor of man, So that ^ohe may bring forth ^pfood ²⁴from the earth, 15 And ²⁵wine which makes man's heart glad, ²⁶So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And ^qfood which ²⁷sustains man's heart. 16 The trees of the LORD ^rdrink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, 17 Where the ²⁸birds build their nests, And the ²⁹stork, whose home is the ^sfir trees. 18 The high mountains are for the ³⁰wild goats ; The ³¹cliffs are a refuge for the ^t32shephanim. 19 He made the moon ³³for the seasons ; The ³⁴sun knows the place of its setting. 20 You ³⁵appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the ³⁶beasts of the forest ^uprowl about. 21 The ³⁷young lions roar after their prey ^vAnd ³⁸seek their food from God. 22 When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their ³⁹dens. 23 Man goes forth to ⁴⁰his work And to his labor until evening. 24 O LORD, how ⁴¹many are Your works ! ^wIn ⁴²wisdom You have made them all ; The ⁴³earth is full of Your ^xpossessions. 25 ^yThere is the ⁴⁴sea, great and ^zbroad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great. 26 There the ⁴⁵ships move along, And ^aa46Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it. 27 They all ⁴⁷wait for You To ⁴⁸give them their food in ^bbdue season. 28 You give to them, they gather it up; You ⁴⁹open Your hand, they are satisfied with good. 29 You ⁵⁰hide Your face, they are dismayed ; You ⁵¹take away their ^ccspirit, they expire And ⁵²return to their dust. 30 You send forth Your ^dd53Spirit, they are created ; And You renew the face of the ground. 31 Let the ⁵⁴glory of the LORD endure forever ; Let the LORD ⁵⁵be glad in His works ; 32 ^eeHe ⁵⁶looks at the earth, and it ⁵⁷trembles ; He ⁵⁸touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 ^ffI will sing to the LORD ^gg59as long as I live ; ^hhI will ⁶⁰sing praise to my God ⁱⁱwhile I have my being. 34 Let my ⁶¹meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall ⁶²be glad in the LORD. 35 Let sinners be ⁶³consumed from the earth And let the ⁶⁴wicked be no more. ⁶⁵Bless the LORD, O my soul. ^jj66Praise ^kkthe LORD !