New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,
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Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.
2 wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
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You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:
3 you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind,
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The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:
4 you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
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He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.
5 You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
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He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;
6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;
7 At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
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At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;
8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them.
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The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
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You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
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You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.
11 giving drink to every wild animal; the wild asses quench their thirst.
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They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.
12 By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
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The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.
13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
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He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.
14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,
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He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
15 and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart.
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And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting;
17 In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.
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Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
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The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
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He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
20 You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
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When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
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The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
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The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.
23 People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening.
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Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
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O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
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There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.
26 There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
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There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.
27 These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
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All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.
28 when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
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They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
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If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
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If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—
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Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
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At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
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I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
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Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.
35 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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Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.
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