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104:1  Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,
104:2  wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent;
104:3  you set the beams of your chambers on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind;
104:4  you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
104:5  You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
104:6  You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
104:7  At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
104:8  They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys, to the place that you appointed for them.
104:9  You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
104:10  You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
104:11  giving drink to every wild animal; the wild asses quench their thirst.
104:12  By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
104:13  From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
104:14  You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and plants for people to cultivate, to bring forth food from the earth
104:15  and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine and bread to strengthen the human heart.
104:16  The trees of the field are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
104:17  In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.
104:18  The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
104:19  You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
104:20  You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
104:21  The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
104:22  When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
104:23  People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening.
104:24  O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
104:25  There is the sea, great and wide; creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
104:26  There go the ships and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
104:27  These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
104:28  when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
104:29  When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
104:30  When you send forth 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  who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
104:33  I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
104:34  May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
104:35  Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!