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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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Let my whole being bless the LORD! LORD my God, how fantastic you are! You are clothed in glory and grandeur!
2 wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
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You wear light like a robe; you open the skies 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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You build your lofty house on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot, going around on the wings of the wind.
4 you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
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You make the winds your messengers; you make fire and flame your ministers.
5 You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
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You established the earth on its foundations so that it will never ever fall.
6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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You covered it with the watery deep like a piece of clothing; the waters were higher than the mountains!
7 At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
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But at your rebuke they ran away; they fled in fear at the sound of your thunder.
8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them.
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They flowed over the mountains, streaming down the valleys to the place you established 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 set a boundary they cannot cross so they'll never again cover the earth.
10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
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You put gushing springs into dry riverbeds. They flow between the mountains,
11 giving drink to every wild animal; the wild asses quench their thirst.
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providing water for every wild animal— the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
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Overhead, the birds in the sky make their home, chirping loudly in the trees.
13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
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From your lofty house, you water the mountains. The earth is filled full by the fruit of what you've done.
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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You make grass grow for cattle; you make plants for human farming in order to get food from the ground,
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, which cheers people's hearts, along with oil, which makes the face shine, and bread, which sustains the human heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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The LORD's trees are well watered— the cedars of Lebanon, which God planted,
17 In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.
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where the birds make their nests, where the stork has a home in the cypresses.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
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The high mountains belong to the mountain goats; the ridges are the refuge of badgers.
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
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God made the moon for the seasons, and the sun too, which knows when to set.
20 You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
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You bring on the darkness and it is night, when every forest animal prowls.
21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
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The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
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When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.
23 People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening.
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Then people go off to their work, to do their work until 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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LORD, you have done so many things! You made them all so wisely! The earth is full of your creations!
25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
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And then there's the sea, wide and deep, with its countless creatures— living things both small and large.
26 There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
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There go the ships on it, and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it!
27 These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
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All your creations wait for you to give them their food on 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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When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled completely full!
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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But when you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
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When you let loose your breath, they are created, and you make the surface of the ground brand-new again.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—
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Let the LORD's glory last forever! Let the LORD rejoice in all he has made!
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
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He has only to look at the earth, and it shakes. God just touches the mountains, and they erupt in 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 sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I'm still alive.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
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Let my praise be pleasing to him; I'm rejoicing 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 wiped clean from the earth; let the wicked be no more. But let my whole being bless the LORD! Praise the LORD!
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