NRSV Psalms 104 Chapter
104:1
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,
104:2
wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
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you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind,
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you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
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You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
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You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
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They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them.
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You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
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You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
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giving drink to every wild animal; the wild asses quench their thirst.
104:12
By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
104:13
From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
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You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,
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and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart.
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The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
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You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
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You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
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The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
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When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
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People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening.
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O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
104:25
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
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There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
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These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
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when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
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When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
104:30
When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
104:31
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works--
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who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
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I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
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May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
104:35
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!