Psalm 104:1-9

Good News Translation

In Praise of the Creator

104 Praise the Lord, my soul!
    O Lord, my God, how great you are!
You are clothed with majesty and glory;
²    you cover yourself with light.
You have spread out the heavens like a tent
³    and built your home on the waters above.^[a]
You use the clouds as your chariot
    and ride on the wings of the wind.
⁴^(A)You use the winds as your messengers
    and flashes of lightning as your servants.

⁵You have set the earth firmly on its foundations,
    and it will never be moved.
⁶You placed the ocean over it like a robe,
    and the water covered the mountains.
⁷When you rebuked the waters, they fled;
    they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.
⁸They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys,
    to the place you had made for them.
⁹You set a boundary they can never pass,
    to keep them from covering the earth again.