Psalms 104

1Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

1Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.

2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

2Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.

3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

4Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;

4Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.

5Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

5Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

6O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

7He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

8He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

9Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

10And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:

11They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.

11Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.

12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

12When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:

13He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

13And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

14He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, Andoil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.

15Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

16The trees of Jehovah are filledwith moisture, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

16And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

17Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

17He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

18They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,

19He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

19Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.

20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

20The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.

21The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

21He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.

22The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

22That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.

23Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

23And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

24O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

24And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies.

25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

25He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

26There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

26He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.

27These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

27He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.

28Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

28He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

29He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.

30Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

30Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.

31Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever; Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:

31He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.

32Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

32He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.

33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

33And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

34Let my meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

34He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.

35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.

35And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

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36And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.

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37And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.

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38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.

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39He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.

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40They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

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41He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

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42Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

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43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

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44And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

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45That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.