Psalm 104:5-105:24

English Standard Version

⁵ He ^(A)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶ You ^(B)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At ^(C)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(D)the sound of your thunder they ^(E)took to flight.
⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(F)appointed for them.
⁹ You set ^(G)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(H)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹ they ^(I)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
^13 (J)From your lofty abode you ^(K)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴ You cause ^(L)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(M)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(N)food from the earth
¹⁵     and ^(O)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(P)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(Q)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(R)the cedars of Lebanon ^(S)that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for ^(T)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(U)the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the ^(V)seasons;^[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
^20 (W)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (X)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(Y)dens.
^23 (Z)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(AA)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(AB)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and ^(AC)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(AD)play in it.^[b]

²⁷ These ^(AE)all look to you,
    to ^(AF)give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(AG)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you ^(AH)hide your face, they are ^(AI)dismayed;
    when you ^(AJ)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(AK)return to their dust.
³⁰ When you ^(AL)send forth your Spirit,^[c] they are created,
    and you ^(AM)renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord ^(AN)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(AO)rejoice in his works,
³² who looks on the earth and it ^(AP)trembles,
    who ^(AQ)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³ I will sing to the Lord ^(AR)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴ May my ^(AS)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let ^(AT)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(AU)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(AV)Praise the Lord!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(BG)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He ^(BH)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(BI)a thousand generations,
^9 (BJ)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(BK)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to ^(BL)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ^(BM)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(BN)your portion for an inheritance.”

¹² When they were ^(BO)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(BP)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(BQ)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(BR)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(BS)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶ When he ^(BT)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(BU)broke all supply^[d] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(BV)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(BW)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(BX)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(BY)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(BZ)tested him.
^20 (CA)The king sent and ^(CB)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(CC)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[e] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then ^(CD)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(CE)sojourned in ^(CF)the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord ^(CG)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.