English Standard Version ESV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
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Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
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wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
3 He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
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you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind,
4 he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
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you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
5 He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
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You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
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At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
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They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them.
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
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You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
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