Psalm 104:24-34

New International Version

²⁴How many are your works,^(A) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(B) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(C)
²⁵There is the sea,^(D) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(E)
²⁶There the ships^(F) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(G) which you formed to frolic^(H) there.^(I)

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

³¹May the glory of the Lord^(O) endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works^(P)—
³²he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(Q)
who touches the mountains,^(R) and they smoke.^(S)

³³I will sing^(T) to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice^(U) in the Lord.

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Psalm 104:35

New International Version

³⁵But may sinners vanish^(A) from the earth
and the wicked be no more.^(B)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[a]^(C)

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Footnotes

Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.

Psalm 104:35 in all English translations

Isaiah 32:11-17

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¹¹Tremble,^(A) you complacent women;
    shudder, you daughters who feel secure!^(B)
Strip off your fine clothes^(C)
    and wrap yourselves in rags.^(D)
¹²Beat your breasts^(E) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines^(F)
¹³and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers^(G)—
yes, mourn^(H) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.^(I)
¹⁴The fortress^(J) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;^(K)
citadel and watchtower^(L) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,^(M) a pasture for flocks,^(N)
¹⁵till the Spirit^(O) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,^(P)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.^(Q)
¹⁶The Lord’s justice^(R) will dwell in the desert,^(S)
    his righteousness^(T) live in the fertile field.
¹⁷The fruit of that righteousness^(U) will be peace;^(V)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence^(W) forever.

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Galatians 5:16-25

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¹⁶So I say, walk by the Spirit,^(A) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.^(B) ¹⁷For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.^(C) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever^[a] you want.^(D) ¹⁸But if you are led by the Spirit,^(E) you are not under the law.^(F)

¹⁹The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,^(G) impurity and debauchery; ²⁰idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.^(H) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.^(I)

²²But the fruit^(J) of the Spirit is love,^(K) joy, peace,^(L) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control.^(M) Against such things there is no law.^(N) ²⁴Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh^(O) with its passions and desires.^(P) ²⁵Since we live by the Spirit,^(Q) let us keep in step with the Spirit.