New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Let all that I am praise the LORD . O LORD my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.
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Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.
2 You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
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Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
3 you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind.
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Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,
4 The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.
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Making His messengers -- the winds, His ministers -- the flaming fire.
5 You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.
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He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
6 You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.
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The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.
7 At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.
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From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.
8 Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.
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They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.
9 Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.
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A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
10 You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.
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Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.
11 They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.
12 The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.
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By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.
13 You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.
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Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.
14 You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth—
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Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
15 wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength.
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And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.
16 The trees of the LORD are well cared for— the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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Satisfied [are] the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,
17 There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.
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Where birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs [are] her house.
18 High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.
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The high hills [are] for wild goats, Rocks [are] a refuge for conies,
19 You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.
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He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
20 You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
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Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
21 Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.
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The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
22 At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.
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The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.
23 Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening.
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Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service -- till evening.
24 O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.
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How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.
25 Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.
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This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There [are] moving things -- innumerable, Living creatures -- small with great.
26 See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.
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There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
27 They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.
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All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.
28 When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.
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Thou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they [are] satisfied [with] good.
29 But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.
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Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.
30 When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.
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Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the LORD continue forever! The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!
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The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,
32 The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.
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Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!
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I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD .
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Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah.
35 Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the LORD . Praise the LORD !
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Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!
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