Psalm 104:1-2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Psalm 104
God the Creator and Provider
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honour and majesty,
2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
Psalm 104:3-4
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 you set the beams of your[a] chambers on the waters,
you make the clouds your[b] chariot,
you ride on the wings of the wind,
4 you make the winds your[c] messengers,
fire and flame your[d] ministers.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:3 Heb his
- Psalm 104:3 Heb his
- Psalm 104:4 Heb his
- Psalm 104:4 Heb his
Psalm 104:24-25
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
Psalm 104:27-28
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
27 These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
Psalm 104:29-30
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
30 When you send forth your spirit,[a] they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:30 Or your breath
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