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,
你身披光華如披外袍,
你鋪展穹蒼如鋪幔子。
你在水中設立自己樓閣的棟樑。
你以雲彩為車駕,乘風飛馳。
風是你的使者,
火焰是你的僕役。
你奠立大地的根基,
使它永不動搖。
你以深水為衣覆蓋大地,
淹沒群山。
你一聲怒叱,眾水便奔逃;
你一聲雷鳴,眾水就奔流,
漫過山巒,流進山谷,
歸到你指定的地方。
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!

Praise to the Sovereign Lord for His Creation and Providence(A)

104 Bless (B)the Lord, O my soul!

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

(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,
Who makes His angels spirits,
His [a]ministers a flame of fire.

You who [b]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
You (D)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
[c]They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
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!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:4 servants
  2. Psalm 104:5 Lit. founded the earth upon her bases
  3. Psalm 104:8 Or The mountains rose up; The valleys sank down
  4. Psalm 104:18 rock hyraxes
  5. Psalm 104:26 A large sea creature of unknown identity
  6. Psalm 104:26 Lit. formed
  7. Psalm 104:35 Heb. Hallelujah