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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  covering Yourself with light as a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,
104:3  who lays the upper beams of His chambers on the waters above, who makes the clouds His chariot, who rides upon the wings of the wind,
104:4  who makes His angels as winds, His ministers a flaming fire.
104:5  You laid the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
104:6  You covered it with the deep as a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
104:7  At Your rebuke they fled; at the sound of Your thunder they departed away.
104:8  The mountains rose up; the valleys went down to the place that You appointed them.
104:9  You set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they may not again cover the earth.
104:10  You send the springs to gush forth in the valleys, which flow between the hills.
104:11  They give drink to every animal of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12  By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
104:13  You water the mountains from Your lofty chamber; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
104:14  You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and plants for the cultivation of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth
104:15  and wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil that makes shine his face, and bread that strengthens his heart.
104:16  The trees of the Lord are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that He has planted,
104:17  where the birds make their nests, where the stork has its home in the fir trees.
104:18  The high mountains are for the wild goats, and the rocks a refuge for the badgers.
104:19  He set the moon to mark the appointed seasons; the sun knows its time for going down.
104:20  You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest go forth.
104:21  The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.
104:22  When the sun arises, they gather themselves together and lay down in their dens.
104:23  Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
104:24  O Lord, how manifold are Your works! With wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures—
104:25  so is this great and wide sea, which is full of innumerable creatures, living animals both small and great.
104:26  There go the ships, and there is Leviathan, which You have made to play in it.
104:27  These all wait upon You, that You may give them their food in due season.
104:28  When You give it to them, they gather it; when You open Your hand, they are filled with good food.
104:29  When You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, and they die and return to their dust.
104:30  When You send forth Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the surface of the ground.
104:31  May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works.
104:32  He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
104:33  I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
104:34  May my meditation be sweet to Him, for I will be glad 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!