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104:1  Barachi (bless) Hashem, O my nefesh. Hashem Elohai, Thou art gadol me’od; Thou art clothed with hod (honor) and hadar (majesty).
104:2  Who coverest Thyself with ohr (light) as with a garment; Who stretchest out Shomayim like a tent (curtain);
104:3  Who layeth the beams of His aliyyot (upper rooms) on the mayim; Who maketh the clouds His merkavah; Who walketh upon the wings of the ruach (wind);
104:4  Who maketh ruchot (spirits, winds) His malachim; His mesharetim (ministers), flaming eish;
104:5  Who laid the mekhonim (foundations) of ha’aretz, that it should not move out of place olam va’ed.
104:6  Thou coveredst it with the tehom (deep) as with a garment; the mayim stood above the harim (mountains).
104:7  At Thy ga’arah (rebuke) they fled; at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away.
104:8  They go up by the harim (mountains); they go down by the beka’ot (valleys) unto the makom (place) which Thou hast assigned for them.
104:9  Thou hast set a boundary that they [the waters] may not pass over; that they return not to cover ha’aretz.
104:10  He sendeth the ma’ayanim (springs) into the ravines, which run among the harim.
104:11  They give drink to every beast of the sadeh; the pera’im (donkeys) quench their thirst.
104:12  By them shall the oph HaShomayim have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
104:13  He watereth the harim from His aliyyot (upper rooms); ha’aretz is satisfied with the p’ri (fruit) of Thy ma’asim.
104:14  He causeth the khatzir (grass) to grow for the behemah, and esev for the avodas ha’adam; that he may bring forth lechem out of ha’aretz;
104:15  And yayin that maketh glad levav enosh, and shemen to make panim (faces) to shine, and lechem which strengtheneth levav enosh.
104:16  The trees of Hashem are full of sap, the arazim (cedars) of Levanon, which He hath planted;
104:17  Where the tzipporim (birds) make their nests; as for the khasidah (stork), the beroshim (cypresses) are her bais.
104:18  The high hills are a makhseh (refuge, shelter) for the wild goats; and the rocks for the gophers.
104:19  He appointed the yarei’ach for mo’adim; the shemesh knoweth the place of its going down.
104:20  Thou makest choshech, and it is lailah; wherein all the beasts of the ya’ar (forest) do creep forth.
104:21  The young lions roar after their teref (prey), and seek their okhel from G-d.
104:22  The shemesh ariseth, they retreat, and lay themselves down in their me’onot (dwelling places, dens, homes [Yn 14:2 OJBC]).
104:23  Adam goeth forth unto his work and to his avodah (labor, service) until erev.
104:24  Hashem, how manifold are Thy ma’asim! In chochmah (wisdom; cf Psa 33:6; Yn 1:1) hast Thou made them all; ha’aretz is full of Thy creatures.
104:25  So is this gadol (great) and rekhav (wide, spacious) yam (sea), wherein are remes (creeping things), innumerable swarming chayyot (creatures), ketanot and gedolot.
104:26  There go the oniyyot (ships); there is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made lesakhek (to play, to sport, to frolic) therein.
104:27  These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them their ochel (food) in due season.
104:28  That Thou givest them they gather; Thou openest Thine yad, they are satisfied with tov.
104:29  Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their ruach, they expire, and return to their aphar.
104:30  Thou sendest forth Thy Ruach [Hakodesh], they are created; and Thou renewest the face of adamah (earth).
104:31  The Kavod Hashem shall endure l’olam; Hashem shall rejoice in His ma’asim (works).
104:32  He looketh on ha’aretz, and it trembleth; He toucheth the harim, and they smoke.
104:33  I will sing unto Hashem as long as I live; I will sing praise to Elohai while I have my being.
104:34  May my si’akh (musing, meditation) be acceptable to Him; I will have simchah in Hashem.
104:35  Let the chatta’im (sinners) be consumed from ha’aretz, and let the resha’im (wicked) be no more. Baruch Hashem, O my nefesh. Praise Hashem!