Psalm 104  Jubilee Bible 2000

¹ ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty,

² who dost cover thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain,

³ who dost establish his chambers between the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,

⁴ who makes his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire,

⁵ who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved by any age.

⁶ Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷ At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

⁸ The mountains were exposed; they descended through the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth.

¹⁰ ¶ Thou art he who sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the mountains.

¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.

¹² Next to them the fowls of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the leaves.

¹³ He waters the mountains from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴ He causes the hay to grow for the cattle and grass for the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth

¹⁵ and wine that makes glad the heart of man, making his face to shine with oil and bread which sustains man’s heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,

¹⁷ that the birds may make their nests there: the stork makes her house among the fir trees.

¹⁸ The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies.

¹⁹ ¶ He appointed the moon for times and seasons; the sun knows his going down.

²⁰ Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest move.

²¹ The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.

²² The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens.

²³ Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵ So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.

²⁶ There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein.

²⁷ These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.

²⁸ Thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.

³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹ ¶ Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works.

³² He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴ My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the LORD.

³⁵ Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Halelu- JAH (Praise ye the LORD).