詩篇 104
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
稱頌創造主——上帝
104 我的心啊，要稱頌耶和華。
我的上帝耶和華啊，
你是多麼偉大！
你以尊貴和威嚴為衣，
2 你身披光華如披外袍，
你鋪展穹蒼如鋪幔子。
3 你在水中設立自己樓閣的棟樑。
你以雲彩為車駕，乘風飛馳。
4 風是你的使者，
火焰是你的僕役。
5 你奠立大地的根基，
使它永不動搖。
6 你以深水為衣覆蓋大地，
淹沒群山。
7 你一聲怒叱，眾水便奔逃；
你一聲雷鳴，眾水就奔流，
8 漫過山巒，流進山谷，
歸到你指定的地方。
9 你為眾水劃定不可逾越的界線，
以免大地再遭淹沒。
10 耶和華使泉水湧流在谷地，
奔騰在山間，
11 讓野地的動物有水喝，
野驢可以解渴。
12 飛鳥也在溪旁棲息，
在樹梢上歌唱。
13 祂從天上的樓閣降雨在山間，
大地因祂的作為而豐美富饒。
14 祂使綠草如茵，滋養牲畜，
讓人種植作物，
享受大地的出產，
15 有沁人心懷的醇酒、
滋潤容顏的膏油、
增強活力的五穀。
16 耶和華種植了黎巴嫩的香柏樹，
使它們得到充沛的水源，
17 鳥兒在樹上築巢，
鸛鳥在松樹上棲息。
18 高山是野山羊的住處，
峭壁是石獾的藏身之所。
19 你命月亮定節令，
使太陽自知西沉。
20 你造黑暗，定為夜晚，
作林中百獸出沒的時間。
21 壯獅吼叫著覓食，
尋找上帝所賜的食物。
22 太陽升起，
百獸便退回自己的洞窟中休息，
23 人們外出工作，直到黃昏。
24 耶和華啊，你的創造多麼繁多！
你用智慧造了這一切，
大地充滿了你創造的萬物。
25 汪洋浩瀚，
充滿了無數的大小水族，
26 船隻往來於海上，
你造的鯨魚也在水中嬉戲。
27 牠們都倚靠你按時供應食物。
28 牠們從你那裡得到供應，
你伸手賜下美食，
使牠們飽足。
29 你若對牠們棄而不顧，
牠們會驚慌失措。
你一收回牠們的氣息，
牠們便死亡，歸於塵土。
30 你一吹氣便創造了牠們，
你使大地更新。
31 願耶和華的榮耀存到永遠！
願耶和華因自己的創造而歡欣！
32 祂一看大地，大地就震動；
祂一摸群山，群山就冒煙。
33 我要一生一世向耶和華歌唱，
我一息尚存就要讚美上帝。
34 願祂喜悅我的默想，
祂是我喜樂的泉源。
35 願罪人從地上消逝，
願惡人蕩然無存。
我的心啊，要稱頌耶和華！
你們要讚美耶和華！
Psalm 104
Easy-to-Read Version
104 My soul, praise the Lord!
Lord my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with glory and honor.
2 You wear light like a robe.
You spread out the skies like a curtain.
3 You built your home above them.[a]
You use the thick clouds like a chariot
and ride across the sky on the wings of the wind.
4 You make the winds your messengers
and flames of fire your servants.[b]
5 You built the earth on its foundations,
so it can never be moved.
6 You covered it with water like a blanket.
The water covered even the mountains.
7 But you gave the command, and the water turned back.
You shouted at the water, and it rushed away.
8 The water flowed down from the mountains into the valleys,
to the places you made for it.
9 You set the limits for the seas,
and the water will never again rise to cover the earth.
10 Lord, you cause water to flow from springs into the streams
that flow down between the mountains.
11 The streams provide water for all the wild animals.
Even the wild donkeys come there to drink.
12 Wild birds come to live by the pools;
they sing in the branches of nearby trees.
13 You send rain down on the mountains.
The earth gets everything it needs from what you have made.
14 You make the grass grow to feed the animals.
You provide plants for the crops we grow—
the plants that give us food from the earth.
15 You give us the wine that makes us happy,
the oil that makes our skin soft,[c]
and the food that makes us strong.
16 The great cedar trees of Lebanon belong to the Lord.
He planted them and gives them the water they need.
17 That’s where the birds make their nests,
and the storks live in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are a home for wild goats.
The large rocks are hiding places for rock badgers.
19 Lord, you made the moon to show us when the festivals begin.
And the sun always knows when to set.
20 You made darkness to be the night—
the time when wild animals come out and roam around.
21 Lions roar as they attack,
as if they are asking God for the food he gives them.
22 When the sun rises, they leave
and go back to their dens to rest.
23 Then people go out to do their work,
and they work until evening.
24 Lord, you created so many things!
With your wisdom you made them all.
The earth is full of the living things you made.
25 Look at the ocean, so big and wide!
It is filled with all kinds of sea life.
There are creatures large and small—too many to count!
26 Ships sail over the ocean,
and playing there is Leviathan,[d]
the great sea creature you made.
27 Lord, all living things depend on you.
You give them food at the right time.
28 You give it, and they eat it.
They are filled with good food from your open hands.
29 When you turn away from them,
they become frightened.
When you take away their breath,[e]
they die, and their bodies return to the dust.
30 But when you send out your life-giving breath,[f]
things come alive, and the world is like new again!
31 May the Lord’s glory continue forever!
May the Lord enjoy what he made.
32 He just looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He just touches the mountains, and smoke rises from them.
33 I will sing to the Lord for the rest of my life.
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
34 May my words be pleasing to him.
The Lord is the one who makes me happy.
35 I wish sinners would disappear from the earth.
I wish the wicked would be gone forever.
My soul, praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:3 above them Literally, “on the water above.” This is like the picture of the world in Gen. 1. There the sky was like a bowl turned upside down on the earth. There was water below the bowl and water above it.
- Psalm 104:4 Or “You make your angels spirits and your servants flames of fire.” This may be a wordplay referring to the Cherub and Seraph angels.
- Psalm 104:15 makes our skin soft Literally, “makes our face shine.” This can also mean “makes us happy.”
- Psalm 104:26 Leviathan This might mean any large sea animal, like a whale. But it probably means “the sea monster,” the “Dragon,” or “Rahab.” This creature represents the great power of the ocean, the power that God controls.
- Psalm 104:29 breath Or “spirit.”
- Psalm 104:30 life-giving breath Or “Spirit.”
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