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104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty, 104:2 who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent, 104:3 who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, who makest the clouds thy chariot, who ridest on the wings of the wind, 104:4 who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers. 104:5 Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken. 104:6 Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment;the waters stood above the mountains. 104:7 At thy rebuke they fled;at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight. 104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them. 104:9 Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. 104:10 Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys;they flow between the hills, 104:11 they give drink to every beast of the field;the wild asses quench their thirst. 104:12 By them the birds of the air have their habitation;they sing among the branches. 104:13 From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains;the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work. 104:14 Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth, 104:15 and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart. 104:16 The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted. 104:17 In them the birds build their nests;the stork has her home in the fir trees. 104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;the rocks are a refuge for the badgers. 104:19 Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons;the sun knows its time for setting. 104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth. 104:21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 104:22 When the sun rises, they get them away and lie down in their dens. 104:23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening. 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all;the earth is full of thy creatures. 104:25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great. 104:26 There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it. 104:27 These all look to thee, to give them their food in due season. 104:28 When thou givest to them, they gather it up;when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things. 104:29 When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed;when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 104:30 When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created;and thou renewest the face of the ground. 104:31 May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, 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!