Psalm 104 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

104^aBless Yahweh, O my soul!O Yahweh my God, You are very great;You are ^bclothed with splendor and majesty,²Wrapping Yourself with ^alight as with a cloak,^bStretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.³¹He ^alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;²He sets up the ^bclouds to be His chariot;³He walks upon the ^cwings of the wind;⁴¹He makes His ²angels ^athe winds,His ministers flaming ^bfire.⁵He ^afounded the earth upon its place,So that it will not ¹shake forever and ever.⁶You ^acovered it with the deep as with a garment;The waters were standing above the mountains.⁷At Your ^arebuke they fled,At the ^bsound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.⁸The mountains went up; the valleys went downTo the ^aplace which You founded for them.⁹You set a ^aboundary that they may not pass over,So that they will not return to cover the earth.¹⁰¹He sends forth ^asprings in the valleys;They flow between the mountains;¹¹They ^agive water to every beast of the field;The ^bwild donkeys quench their thirst.¹²Above them the birds of the heavens ^adwell;They give forth their voices among the branches.¹³¹He ^agives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;^bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.¹⁴¹He causes the ^agrass to grow for the ²cattle,And ^bvegetation for man’s ³cultivation,To bring forth ⁴food ^cfrom the earth,¹⁵And ^awine which makes man’s heart glad,^bTo make his face glisten more than oil,And ¹food which ^csustains man’s heart.¹⁶The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,¹⁷Where the ^abirds build their nests,The ^bstork’s home is in the ¹fir trees.¹⁸The high mountains are for the ^awild goats;The ^bcliffs are a refuge for the ¹^,^cshephanim.¹⁹He made the moon ^afor the seasons;The ^bsun knows the place of its setting.²⁰You ^aappoint darkness so that it becomes night,In which all the ^bbeasts of the forest ^ccreep about.²¹The ^ayoung lions roar to go after their preyAnd to ^bseek their food from God.²²When the sun rises they gather togetherAnd lie down in their ^adens.²³Man goes forth to ^ahis workAnd to his labor until evening.²⁴How ^anumerous are Your works, O Yahweh!¹In ^bwisdom You have made them all;The ^cearth is full of Your ²possessions.²⁵This is the ^asea, great and ¹broad,There the creeping things are without number,Creatures both small and great.²⁶There the ^aships move along,And ¹^,^bLeviathan, which You have formed to play in it.²⁷They all ^await for YouTo ^bgive them their food in ¹due season.²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;You ^aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.²⁹You ^ahide Your face, they are dismayed;You ^btake away their ¹spirit, they breathe their lastAnd ^creturn to their dust.³⁰You send forth Your ¹^,^aSpirit, they are created;And You renew the face of the ground.³¹Let the ^aglory of Yahweh endure forever;Let Yahweh ^bbe glad in His works;³²¹He ^alooks at the earth, and it ^btrembles;He ^ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.³³¹I will sing to Yahweh ^athroughout my life;²I will ^bsing praise to my God ³while I have my being.³⁴Let my ^amusing be pleasing to Him;As for me, I shall ^bbe glad in Yahweh.³⁵Let sinners be ^aconsumed from the earthAnd let the ^bwicked be no more.^cBless Yahweh, O my soul.¹^,^dPraise Yah!