The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 O my soul, bless God! God, my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed,
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Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
2 Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent.
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He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches 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.
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He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
4 You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors.
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He makes his messengers winds; His servants flames of fire.
5 You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever.
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He laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved forever.
6 You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters;
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You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
7 Then you roared and the water ran away - your thunder crash put it to flight.
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At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
8 Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them.
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The mountains rose, The valleys sank down, To the place which you had assigned to them.
9 You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded.
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You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.
10 You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills.
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He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
11 All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard.
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The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
13 You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water.
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He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your 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,
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He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for man to cultivate, 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.
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Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
16 God's trees are well-watered - the Lebanon cedars he planted.
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Yahweh's trees are well watered, The cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
17 Birds build their nests in those trees; look - the stork at home in the treetop.
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Where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
18 Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19 The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day.
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He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
20 When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out.
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You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
21 The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper.
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The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
22 When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens.
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The sun rises, and they steal away, And lay down in their dens.
23 Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening.
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Man goes forth to his work, To his labor 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.
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Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
25 Oh, look - the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon.
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There is the sea, great and wide, In which are innumerable living things, Both small and great animals.
26 Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them.
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There the ships go, And leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
27 All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time.
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These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season.
28 You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it.
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You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied 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;
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You hide your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
30 Send out your Spirit and they spring to life - the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
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You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
31 The glory of God - let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation!
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Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
32 He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt.
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He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live!
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I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
34 Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God.
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Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
35 But clear the ground of sinners - no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God!
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Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!