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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, 104:3 you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, 104:4 you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers. 104:5 You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken. 104:6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 104:7 At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight. 104:8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them. 104:9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. 104:10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills, 104:11 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. 104:14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth, 104:15 and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart. 104:16 The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 104:17 In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees. 104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys. 104:19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 104:20 You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out. 104:21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 104:22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens. 104:23 People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening. 104:24 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. 104:26 There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it. 104:27 These all look to you to give them their food in due season; 104:28 when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. 104:29 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-- 104:32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. 104:33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 104:34 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!