O Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
² Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

^3 (C)He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
⁴ Who makes His angels spirits,
His ^[a]ministers a flame of fire.

⁵ You who ^[b]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
⁶ You ^(D)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
^8 [c]They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
⁹ You have ^(E)set a boundary that they may not pass over,
^(F)That they may not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.
¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
^13 (G)He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with ^(H)the fruit of Your works.

^14 (I)He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth ^(J)food from the earth,
¹⁵ And ^(K)wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the ^(L)rock^[d] badgers.

^19 (M)He appointed the moon for seasons;
The ^(N)sun knows its going down.
^20 (O)You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (P)The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
²³ Man goes out to ^(Q)his work
And to his labor until the evening.

^24 (R)O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your ^(S)possessions—
²⁵ This great and wide sea,
In which are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.
²⁶ There the ships sail about;
There is that ^(T)Leviathan^[e]
Which You have ^[f]made to play there.

^27 (U)These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
²⁸ What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
²⁹ You hide Your face, they are troubled;
^(V)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
^30 (W)You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord ^(X)rejoice in His works.
³² He looks on the earth, and it ^(Y)trembles;
^(Z)He touches the hills, and they smoke.

^33 (AA)I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
³⁴ May my ^(AB)meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.
³⁵ May ^(AC)sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^[g]Praise the Lord!

³ “I^(C) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have ^(D)sworn to My servant David:
⁴ ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne ^(E)to all generations.’ ” Selah

⁵ And ^(F)the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
^6 (G)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
^7 (H)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
^9 (I)You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
^10 (J)You have broken ^[b]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

^11 (K)The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
¹² The north and the south, You have created them;
^(L)Tabor and ^(M)Hermon rejoice in Your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the ^(N)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
¹⁶ In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our ^[c]horn is ^(O)exalted.
¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then You spoke in a vision to Your ^[d]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one ^(P)chosen from the people.
^20 (Q)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
^21 (R)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not ^[e]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³ I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

²⁴ “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
²⁵ Also I will ^(S)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^(T)my Father,
My God, and ^(U)the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ Also I will make him ^(V)My firstborn,
^(W)The highest of the kings of the earth.
^28 (X)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
²⁹ His seed also I will make to endure forever,
^(Y)And his throne ^(Z)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If^(AA) his sons ^(AB)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹ If they ^[f]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³² Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
^33 (AC)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ^[g]utterly take from him,
Nor ^[h]allow My faithfulness to fail.
³⁴ My covenant I will not break,
Nor ^(AD)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
³⁵ Once I have sworn ^(AE)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
^36 (AF)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne ^(AG)as the sun before Me;
³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But You have ^(AH)cast off and ^(AI)abhorred,^[i]
You have been furious with Your ^[j]anointed.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
^(AJ)You have ^[k]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his ^[l]strongholds to ruin.
⁴¹ All who pass by the way ^(AK)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his ^[m]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
⁴⁵ The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my time ^(AL)is;
For what ^(AM)futility have You created all the children of men?
⁴⁸ What man can live and not ^[n]see ^(AN)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of ^[o]the grave? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You ^(AO)swore to David ^(AP)in Your truth?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
^(AQ)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
^51 (AR)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ^[p]anointed.

^52 (AS)Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.