The Message Bible MSG
New International Version NIV
1 O my soul, bless God! God, my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed,
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Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2 Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent.
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The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3 You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings.
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and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
4 You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors.
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He makes winds his messengers,flames of fire his servants.
5 You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever.
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He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
6 You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters;
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You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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