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104:1  Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
104:2  The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
104:3  and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
104:4  He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
104:5  He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
104:6  You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
104:7  But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
104:8  they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
104:9  You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
104:10  He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.
104:11  They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12  The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
104:13  He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
104:14  He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth:
104:15  wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.
104:16  The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
104:17  There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.
104:18  The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
104:19  He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
104:20  You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
104:21  The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
104:22  The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.
104:23  Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.
104:24  How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
104:25  There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small.
104:26  There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
104:27  All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
104:28  When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
104:29  When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
104:30  When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
104:31  May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works--
104:32  he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
104:33  I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
104:34  May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.
104:35  But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD.