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104:1  Bless Adonai, O my soul. Adonai my God, You are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty—
104:2  wrapping Yourself in light as a robe, stretching out heaven like a curtain,
104:3  laying beams for His upper rooms in waters, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind,
104:4  making His angels spirits, His servants a flaming fire.
104:5  He set the earth upon its foundations, so it should not totter forever and ever.
104:6  You covered it with the deep as with a garment— the waters standing above the mountains.
104:7  At Your rebuke the waters fled. At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
104:8  The waters go up the mountains, then down to the valleys— to the place that You assigned to them.
104:9  You set a boundary to the waters that they may not cross over, so they may not return to cover the earth.
104:10  You make springs gush into the valleys. They run between the mountains.
104:11  They give drink to all the beasts of the field— the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12  Beside them the birds of the sky dwell— they sing among the branches.
104:13  He waters mountains from His upper rooms. The earth is full of the fruit of Your labors.
104:14  He causes grass to spring up for the cattle, and vegetation for man to cultivate, to bring forth bread out of the earth,
104:15  wine that makes man’s heart glad, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains man’s heart.
104:16  The trees of Adonai are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
104:17  where birds make their nests, and the stork—her home is the fir trees.
104:18  The high mountains are for wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for rock badgers.
104:19  He made the moon for appointed times, the sun knows its going down.
104:20  You bring darkness, so it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
104:21  The young lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
104:22  But when the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens.
104:23  Man goes out to his work, and to his labor until the evening.
104:24  Adonai, how countless are Your works! In wisdom You made them all— the earth is full of Your creatures.
104:25  There is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with gliding things innumerable, living creatures, both small and large.
104:26  There, ships go to and fro. Leviathan—You formed to frolic there.
104:27  They all look to You to give them their food at the right time.
104:28  When You give it to them, they gather it up. When You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
104:29  But when You hide Your face—they are dismayed. You take away their breath—they perish, and return to their dust.
104:30  You send forth Your Ruach—they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
104:31  May the glory of Adonai endure forever! May Adonai rejoice 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 Adonai as long as I live! I will sing praise to my God yet again!
104:34  Let my meditation be sweet to Him. I—I will rejoice in Adonai.
104:35  Let sinners vanish from the earth and let the wicked be no more. Bless Adonai, O my soul. Halleluyah!