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104:1  Bless Yahweh, O my soul! O Yahweh my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
104:2  Wrapping Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
104:3  He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He sets up the clouds to be His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
104:4  He makes His angels the winds, His ministers flaming fire.
104:5  He founded the earth upon its place, So that it will not shake forever and ever.
104:6  You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
104:7  At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.
104:8  The mountains went up; the valleys went down To the place which You founded for them.
104:9  You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
104:10  He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains;
104:11  They give water to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12  Above them the birds of the heavens dwell; They give forth their voices among the branches.
104:13  He gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
104:14  He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for man’s cultivation, To bring forth food from the earth,
104:15  And wine which makes man’s heart glad, To make his face glisten more than oil, And food which sustains man’s heart.
104:16  The trees of Yahweh are satisfied, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
104:17  Where the birds build their nests, The stork’s home is in the fir trees.
104:18  The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
104:19  He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
104:20  You appoint darkness so that it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
104:21  The young lions roar to go after their prey And to seek their food from God.
104:22  When the sun rises they gather together And lie down in their dens.
104:23  Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening.
104:24  How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
104:25  This is the sea, great and broad, There the creeping things are without number, Creatures both small and great.
104:26  There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.
104:27  They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.
104:28  You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
104:29  You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they breathe their last And return to their dust.
104:30  You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.
104:31  Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever; Let Yahweh be glad in His works;
104:32  He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
104:33  I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
104:34  Let my musing be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in Yahweh.
104:35  Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah!