The Lord’s Care over All His Works.
104 (A)Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are (B)clothed with splendor and majesty,
2 Covering Yourself with (C)light as with a cloak,
(D)Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
3 He (E)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
He makes the (F)clouds His chariot;
He walks on the (G)wings of the wind;
4 He makes (H)the winds His messengers,
Flaming (I)fire His ministers.
5 He (J)established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not totter forever and ever.
6 You (K)covered it with the deep sea as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
7 They fled from Your (L)rebuke,
At the (M)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
8 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the (N)place which You established for them.
9 You set a (O)boundary so that they will not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
10 He sends forth (P)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
11 They (Q)give drink to every animal of the field;
The (R)wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky (S)dwell beside them;
They lift up their voices from among the branches.
13 He (T)waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
(U)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
14 He causes the (V)grass to grow for the cattle,
And (W)vegetation for the labor of mankind,
So that they may produce food (X)from the earth,
15 And (Y)wine, which makes a human heart cheerful,
(Z)So that he makes his face gleam with oil,
And food, which (AA)sustains a human heart.
16 The trees of the Lord drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the (AB)birds build their nests,
And the (AC)stork, whose home is the juniper trees.
18 The high mountains are for the (AD)wild goats;
The (AE)cliffs are a refuge for the (AF)rock hyrax.
19 He made the moon (AG)for the seasons;
The (AH)sun knows the place of its setting.
20 You (AI)appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the (AJ)animals of the forest prowl about.
21 The (AK)young lions roar for their prey
And (AL)seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises they withdraw,
And they lie down in their (AM)dens.
23 A person goes out to (AN)his work
And to his labor until evening.
24 Lord, how (AO)many are Your works!
In (AP)wisdom You have made them all;
The (AQ)earth is full of Your possessions.
25 There is the (AR)sea, great and broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
26 The (AS)ships move along there,
And (AT)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.
27 They all (AU)wait for You
To (AV)give them their food in due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (AW)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (AX)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You (AY)take away their breath, they perish
And (AZ)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your (BA)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 May the (BB)glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord (BC)rejoice in His works;
32 He (BD)looks at the earth, and it (BE)trembles;
He (BF)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord (BG)as long as I live;
I will (BH)sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my (BI)praise be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (BJ)rejoice in the Lord.
35 May sinners be (BK)removed from the earth
And may the (BL)wicked be no more.
(BM)Bless the Lord, my soul.
(BN)Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:3
- Psalm 104:3
- Psalm 104:3
- Psalm 104:4
- Psalm 104:4
- Psalm 104:4
- Psalm 104:5
- Psalm 104:10
- Psalm 104:12
- Psalm 104:12
- Psalm 104:13
- Psalm 104:14
- Psalm 104:14
- Psalm 104:14
- Psalm 104:14
- Psalm 104:15
- Psalm 104:16
- Psalm 104:20
- Psalm 104:21
- Psalm 104:24
- Psalm 104:24
- Psalm 104:25
- Psalm 104:25
- Psalm 104:26
- Psalm 104:27
- Psalm 104:30
- Psalm 104:32
- Psalm 104:33
- Psalm 104:33
- Psalm 104:33
- Psalm 104:33
- Psalm 104:35
- Psalm 104:35
Cross references
- Psalm 104:1 : Ps 103:22
- Psalm 104:1 : Ps 93:1
- Psalm 104:2 : Dan 7:9
- Psalm 104:2 : Is 40:22
- Psalm 104:3 : Amos 9:6
- Psalm 104:3 : Is 19:1
- Psalm 104:3 : Ps 18:10
- Psalm 104:4 : Ps 148:8; Heb 1:7
- Psalm 104:4 : 2 Kin 2:11; 6:17
- Psalm 104:5 : Job 38:4; Ps 24:2
- Psalm 104:6 : Gen 1:2
- Psalm 104:7 : Ps 18:15; 106:9; Is 50:2
- Psalm 104:7 : Ps 29:3; 77:18
- Psalm 104:8 : Ps 33:7
- Psalm 104:9 : Job 38:10, 11; Jer 5:22
- Psalm 104:10 : Ps 107:35; Is 41:18
- Psalm 104:11 : Ps 104:13
- Psalm 104:11 : Job 39:5
- Psalm 104:12 : Matt 8:20
- Psalm 104:13 : Ps 65:9; 147:8
- Psalm 104:13 : Jer 10:13
- Psalm 104:14 : Job 38:27; Ps 147:8
- Psalm 104:14 : Gen 1:29
- Psalm 104:14 : Job 28:5
- Psalm 104:15 : Judg 9:13; Prov 31:6; Eccl 10:19
- Psalm 104:15 : Ps 23:5; 92:10; 141:5; Luke 7:46
- Psalm 104:15 : Gen 18:5; Judg 19:5, 8
- Psalm 104:17 : Ps 104:12
- Psalm 104:17 : Lev 11:19
- Psalm 104:18 : Job 39:1
- Psalm 104:18 : Prov 30:26
- Psalm 104:18 : Lev 11:5
- Psalm 104:19 : Gen 1:14
- Psalm 104:19 : Ps 19:6
- Psalm 104:20 : Ps 74:16; Is 45:7
- Psalm 104:20 : Ps 50:10; Is 56:9; Mic 5:8
- Psalm 104:21 : Job 38:39
- Psalm 104:21 : Ps 145:15; Joel 1:20
- Psalm 104:22 : Job 37:8
- Psalm 104:23 : Gen 3:19
- Psalm 104:24 : Ps 40:5
- Psalm 104:24 : Ps 136:5; Prov 3:19; Jer 10:12; 51:15
- Psalm 104:24 : Ps 65:9
- Psalm 104:25 : Ps 8:8; 69:34
- Psalm 104:26 : Ps 107:23; Ezek 27:9
- Psalm 104:26 : Job 41:1; Ps 74:14; Is 27:1
- Psalm 104:27 : Ps 145:15
- Psalm 104:27 : Job 36:31; 38:41; Ps 136:25; 147:9
- Psalm 104:28 : Ps 145:16
- Psalm 104:29 : Deut 31:17; Ps 30:7
- Psalm 104:29 : Job 34:14, 15; Ps 146:4; Eccl 12:7
- Psalm 104:29 : Gen 3:19; Job 10:9; Ps 90:3
- Psalm 104:30 : Job 33:4; Ezek 37:9
- Psalm 104:31 : Ps 86:12; 111:10
- Psalm 104:31 : Gen 1:31
- Psalm 104:32 : Judg 5:5; Ps 97:4, 5; 114:7
- Psalm 104:32 : Hab 3:10
- Psalm 104:32 : Ex 19:18; Ps 144:5
- Psalm 104:33 : Ps 63:4
- Psalm 104:33 : Ps 146:2
- Psalm 104:34 : Ps 19:14
- Psalm 104:34 : Ps 9:2
- Psalm 104:35 : Ps 59:13
- Psalm 104:35 : Ps 37:10
- Psalm 104:35 : Ps 104:1
- Psalm 104:35 : Ps 105:45; 106:48
