⁵ This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,^(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth^(B) with all that springs from it,^(C)
    who gives breath^(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

²² He sits enthroned^(A) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.^(B)
He stretches out the heavens^(C) like a canopy,^(D)
    and spreads them out like a tent^(E) to live in.^(F)

¹² It is I who made the earth^(A)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;^(B)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.^(C)

¹² But God made^(A) the earth^(B) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(C)
    and stretched out the heavens^(D) by his understanding.

² The Lord wraps^(A) himself in light^(B) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(C) out the heavens^(D) like a tent^(E)
3     and lays the beams^(F) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(G)
He makes the clouds^(H) his chariot^(I)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(J)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[a](K)
    flames of fire^(L) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(M) on its foundations;^(N)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(O) with the watery depths^(P) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(Q) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(R) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(S) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(T) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(U) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ He makes springs^(V) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹ They give water^(W) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(X) quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky^(Y) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(Z)
13 He waters the mountains^(AA) from his upper chambers;^(AB)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(AC)
14 He makes grass grow^(AD) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(AE) from the earth:
¹⁵ wine^(AF) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(AG) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(AH) their hearts.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord^(AI) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(AJ) that he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds^(AK) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(AL)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(AM)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(AN)
    and the sun^(AO) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(AP) it becomes night,^(AQ)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(AR) prowl.
²¹ The lions roar for their prey^(AS)
    and seek their food from God.^(AT)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.^(AU)
23 Then people go out to their work,^(AV)
    to their labor until evening.^(AW)

²⁴ How many are your works,^(AX) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(AY) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(AZ)
25 There is the sea,^(BA) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(BB)
26 There the ships^(BC) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(BD) which you formed to frolic^(BE) there.^(BF)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(BG) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(BH) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(BI)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(BJ)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(BK)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord^(BL) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works^(BM)—
³² he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(BN)
    who touches the mountains,^(BO) and they smoke.^(BP)

³³ I will sing^(BQ) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(BR) in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(BS) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(BT)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[b](BU)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,^(D)
    who spreads out the earth^(E) by myself,