| Chapter 104 |
1 | Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour;
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2 | Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; --
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3 | Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
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4 | Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.
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5 | He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
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6 | Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
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7 | At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; --
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8 | The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; --
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9 | Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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10 | He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;
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11 | They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
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12 | The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.
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13 | He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
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14 | He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
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15 | And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making [his] face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.
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16 | The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
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17 | Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house.
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18 | The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.
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19 | He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
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20 | Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
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21 | The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from łGod.
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22 | The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.
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23 | Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.
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24 | How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
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25 | Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
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26 | There go the ships; [there] that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
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27 | These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:
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28 | That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.
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29 | Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.
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30 | Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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31 | The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.
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32 | He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
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33 | I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.
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34 | My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.
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35 | Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah!
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