Psalms 104

1Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

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

2Covering himself <FI>with<Fi> light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

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

3Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

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

4Making His messengers--the winds, His ministers--the flaming fire.

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

5He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

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

6The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

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

7From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

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

8They go up hills--they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

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

9A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

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

10Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.

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

11They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.

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

12By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

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

13Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

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

14Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

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

15And wine--it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread--the heart of man it supporteth.

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

16Satisfied <FI>are<Fi> the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

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

17Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.

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

18The high hills <FI>are<Fi> for wild goats, Rocks <FI>are<Fi> a refuge for conies,

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

19He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

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

20Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

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

21The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.

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

22The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.

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

23Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service--till evening.

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

24How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

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

25This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There <FI>are<Fi> moving things--innumerable, Living creatures--small with great.

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

26There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

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

27All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

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

28Thou dost give to them--they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand--they <FI>are<Fi> satisfied <FI>with<Fi> good.

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

29Thou hidest Thy face--they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit--they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

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

30Thou sendest out 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.

31The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,

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

32Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.

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

33I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

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

34Sweet is my meditation on Him, I--I do rejoice in Jehovah.

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

35Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. 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.