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104:1  Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendour and majesty,
104:2  covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
104:3  He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
104:4  he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
104:5  He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
104:6  You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
104:7  At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
104:8  The mountains rose, the valleys sank down 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  they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12  Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; 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 livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
104:15  and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
104:16  The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
104:17  In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
104:18  The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
104:19  He 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 beasts of the forest creep about.
104:21  The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
104:22  When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.
104:23  Man goes out to his work and to his labour until the evening.
104:24  O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
104:25  Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
104:26  There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
104:27  These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
104:28  When you give it 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 for ever; 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!