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Psalm 104

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1 O my soul, bless God! God, my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed,
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings.
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors.
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever.
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters;
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 Then you roared and the water ran away - your thunder crash put it to flight.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land,
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty.
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
16 God's trees are well-watered - the Lebanon cedars he planted.
16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Birds build their nests in those trees; look - the stork at home in the treetop.
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 Oh, look - the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute - Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud;
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Send out your Spirit and they spring to life - the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of God - let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation!
31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live!
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 But clear the ground of sinners - no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God!
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
The King James Version is in the public domain.