Psalmen 104

1. ¹Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
2. ²He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
3. ³He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
4. ⁴He makes his messengers^a winds; His servants flames of fire.
5. ⁵He laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved forever.
6. ⁶You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
7. ⁷At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
8. ⁸The mountains rose, The valleys sank down, To the place which you had assigned to them.
9. ⁹You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.
10. ¹⁰He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
11. ¹¹They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12. ¹²The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
13. ¹³He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
14. ¹⁴He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for man to cultivate, That he may bring forth food out of the earth:
15. ¹⁵Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
16. ¹⁶Yahweh's trees are well watered, The cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
17. ¹⁷Where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
18. ¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19. ¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
20. ²⁰You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
21. ²¹The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
22. ²²The sun rises, and they steal away, And lay down in their dens.
23. ²³Man goes forth to his work, To his labor until the evening.
24. ²⁴Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
25. ²⁵There is the sea, great and wide, In which are innumerable living things, Both small and large animals.
26. ²⁶There the ships go, And leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
27. ²⁷These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season.
28. ²⁸You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
29. ²⁹You hide your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
30. ³⁰You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
31. ³¹Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
32. ³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33. ³³I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
34. ³⁴Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
35. ³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

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