rsv@Psalms:104:1 @ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty,
rsv@Psalms:104:2 @ who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent,
rsv@Psalms:104:3 @ who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, who makest the clouds thy chariot, who ridest on the wings of the wind,
rsv@Psalms:104:4 @ who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers.
rsv@Psalms:104:5 @ Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken.
rsv@Psalms:104:6 @ Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
rsv@Psalms:104:7 @ At thy rebuke they fled; at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight.
rsv@Psalms:104:8 @ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them.
rsv@Psalms:104:9 @ Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
rsv@Psalms:104:10 @ Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
rsv@Psalms:104:11 @ they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
rsv@Psalms:104:12 @ By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
rsv@Psalms:104:13 @ From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work.
rsv@Psalms:104:14 @ Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth,
rsv@Psalms:104:15 @ and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.
rsv@Psalms:104:16 @ The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
rsv@Psalms:104:17 @ In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
rsv@Psalms:104:18 @ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
rsv@Psalms:104:19 @ Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
rsv@Psalms:104:20 @ Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
rsv@Psalms:104:21 @ The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
rsv@Psalms:104:22 @ When the sun rises, they get them away and lie down in their dens.
rsv@Psalms:104:23 @ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
rsv@Psalms:104:24 @ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
rsv@Psalms:104:25 @ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great.
rsv@Psalms:104:26 @ There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.
rsv@Psalms:104:27 @ These all look to thee, to give them their food in due season.
rsv@Psalms:104:28 @ When thou givest to them, they gather it up; when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things.
rsv@Psalms:104:29 @ When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
rsv@Psalms:104:30 @ When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.
rsv@Psalms:104:31 @ May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in his works,
rsv@Psalms:104:32 @ who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
rsv@Psalms:104:33 @ I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
rsv@Psalms:104:34 @ May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:104:35 @ Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
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