Common English Bible CEB
New Revised Standard NRS
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.
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