- 1Bless the Lord, my soul. The Lord, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
- 2He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
- 3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
- 4He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.
- 5He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
- 6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
- 7At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
- 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
- 9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
- 10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
- 11They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- 12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
- 13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
- 14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:
- 15wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
- 16The Lord’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
- 17where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
- 18The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
- 19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
- 20You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
- 21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
- 22The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.
- 23Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.
- 24The Lord, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- 25There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
- 26There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
- 27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
- 28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
- 29You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
- 30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
- 31Let the Lord’s glory endure forever. Let the Lord rejoice in his works.
- 32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
- 33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
- 34Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the Lord.
- 35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, my soul. Praise Yah!