104 Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
O Yahweh my God, you are very great.
You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty,
² you who cover yourself with light as with a garment,
who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain,
³ the one who sets beams in the waters for his upper chambers,
who makes clouds his chariot,
who rides^[a] on the wings of the wind,
⁴ who makes his messengers the winds,
his attendants a flame of fire.
⁵ He established the earth on her foundations,
so that it will not be moved forever and ever.
⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a garment.
The waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At your rebuke they fled;
at the sound of your thunder they ran off.
⁸ They ascended the mountains and drained though the valleys
to the place that you established^[b] for them.
⁹ You set a boundary that they may not cross over,
so that they would not return to cover the earth.
¹⁰ You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.
¹¹ They give drink for every beast of the field.
The wild donkeys quench^[c] their thirst.
¹² Along them the birds of the heavens abide.
From among the branches they sing.^[d]
13 You are the one who waters^[e] the mountains
from his upper chambers.
The earth is full^[f] with the fruit of your labors:
¹⁴ who causes grass to grow for the cattle
and herbs for the service of humankind,
to bring forth food from the earth,
¹⁵ and wine that makes glad the heart of man,
so that their faces shine from oil,
and bread that strengthens the heart of man.
¹⁶ The trees of Yahweh drink their fill,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
¹⁷ where birds make their nest.
The stork has its home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
¹⁹ He made the moon for appointed times;
the sun knows its time for setting.
²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night,
when^[g] all the animals of the forest creep about.
²¹ The young lions are roaring for the prey
and seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they gather together
and lie down in their dens.
²³ Humankind goes out to its work,
and to its labor until evening.
²⁴ How many are your works, O Yahweh;
all of them you have done in wisdom.
The earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ This is the great and wide^[h] sea,
in which are moving animals without number,
living things small and great.
²⁶ There the ships sail.
Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.^[i]
27 They all wait for you
to give them their food at the proper time.^[j]
28 You give to them; they gather it.
You open your hand, they are filled with what is good.
²⁹ You hide your face, they are terrified.
You take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
³⁰ You send forth your Spirit,^[k] they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
³¹ May the glory of Yahweh endure forever.
May Yahweh be glad in his works,
³² the one who looks at the earth and it quakes,
and touches the mountains and they smoke.
³³ I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I remain alive.^[l]
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him.
I will be glad in Yahweh.
³⁵ Let sinners perish completely from the earth,
and the wicked not remain alive.^[m]
Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
Praise Yah.^[n]