⁵ Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:^(A)

¹² It is he who made the earth by his power,
    who established the world by his wisdom
    and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.^(A)

⁵ You set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it shall never be shaken.^(D)
6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.^(E)
7 At your rebuke they flee;
    at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
⁸ They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys,
    to the place that you appointed for them.^(F)
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they might not again cover the earth.^(G)

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills,^(H)
11 giving drink to every wild animal;
    the wild asses quench their thirst.^(I)
12 By the streams^[e] the birds of the air have their habitation;
    they sing among the branches.^(J)
13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.^(K)

¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
    and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth^(L)
15     and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
    and bread to strengthen the human heart.^(M)
16 The trees of the field^[f] are watered abundantly,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has its home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.^(N)
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
    the sun knows its time for setting.^(O)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.^(P)
21 The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.^(Q)
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
    and lie down in their dens.
²³ People go out to their work
    and to their labor until the evening.^(R)

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In wisdom you have made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(S)
25 There is the sea, great and wide;
    creeping things innumerable are there,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships
    and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.^(T)

²⁷ These all look to you
    to give them their food in due season;^(U)
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
    when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.^(V)
30 When you send forth your spirit,^[g] they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.^(W)

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works—^(X)
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains and they smoke.^(Y)
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.^(Z)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!^(AA)

²⁴ Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
    who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who by myself spread out the earth;^(A)

²⁵ Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(A)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,^(B)