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1 Let my whole being bless the LORD! LORD my God, how fantastic you are! You are clothed in glory and grandeur!
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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 You wear light like a robe; you open the skies like a curtain.
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wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
3 You build your lofty house on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot, going around 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 You make the winds your messengers; you make fire and flame your ministers.
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you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
5 You established the earth on its foundations so that it will never ever fall.
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You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
6 You covered it with the watery deep like a piece of clothing; the waters were higher than the mountains!
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You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 But at your rebuke they ran away; they fled in fear at the sound of your thunder.
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At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
8 They flowed over the mountains, streaming down the valleys to the place you established 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 they cannot cross so they'll never 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.
10 You put gushing springs into dry riverbeds. They flow between the mountains,
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You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
11 providing water for every wild animal— the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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giving drink to every wild animal; the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 Overhead, the birds in the sky make their home, chirping loudly in the trees.
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By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
13 From your lofty house, you water the mountains. The earth is filled full by the fruit of what you've done.
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From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
14 You make grass grow for cattle; you make plants for human farming in order to get food from the ground,
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You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,
15 and wine, which cheers people's hearts, along with oil, which makes the face shine, and bread, which sustains the human heart.
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and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart.
16 The LORD's trees are well watered— the cedars of Lebanon, which God planted,
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The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 where the birds make their nests, where the stork has a home in the cypresses.
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In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains belong to the mountain goats; the ridges are the refuge of badgers.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
19 God made the moon for the seasons, and the sun too, which knows when to set.
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You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
20 You bring on the darkness and it is night, when every forest animal prowls.
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You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
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The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.
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When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go off to their work, to do their work until evening.
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People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening.
24 LORD, you have done so many things! You made them all so wisely! The earth is full of your creations!
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O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
25 And then there's the sea, wide and deep, with its countless creatures— living things both small and large.
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Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships on it, and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it!
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There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
27 All your creations wait for you to give them their food on time.
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These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled completely full!
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when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 But when you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
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When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 When you let loose your breath, they are created, and you make the surface of the ground brand-new again.
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When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the LORD's glory last forever! Let the LORD rejoice in all he has made!
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May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32 He has only to look at the earth, and it shakes. God just touches the mountains, and they erupt in smoke.
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who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I'm still alive.
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I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 Let my praise be pleasing to him; I'm rejoicing in the LORD!
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May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let sinners be wiped clean from the earth; let the wicked be no more. But let my whole being bless the LORD! Praise the LORD!
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Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!
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