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PSALMS
- 104Bless the Lord, O my soul.
- O Lord my God, Thou art very great;
- Thou art clothed with glory and majesty.
- 2Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment,
- Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
- 3Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters,
- Who makest the clouds Thy chariot,
- Who walkest upon the wings of the wind;
- 4Who makest winds Thy messengers,
- The flaming fire Thy ministers.
- 5Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations,
- That it should not be moved for ever and ever;
- 6Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture;
- The waters stood above the mountains.
- 7At Thy rebuke they fled,
- At the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away—
- 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down—
- Unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them;
- 9Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over,
- That they might not return to cover the earth.
- 10Who sendest forth springs into the valleys;
- They run between the mountains;
- 11They give drink to every beast of the field,
- The wild asses quench their thirst.
- 12Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven,
- From among the branches they sing.
- 13Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers;
- The earth is full of the fruit of Thy works.
- 14Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle,
- And herb for the service of man;
- To bring forth bread out of the earth,
- 15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,
- Making the face brighter than oil,
- And bread that stayeth man's heart.
- 16The trees of the Lord have their fill,
- The cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted;
- 17Wherein the birds make their nests;
- As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
- 18The high mountains are for the wild goats;
- The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
- 19Who appointedst the moon for seasons;
- The sun knoweth his going down.
- 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night,
- Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
- 21The young lions roar after their prey,
- And seek their food from God.
- 22The sun ariseth, they slink away,
- And couch in their dens.
- 23Man goeth forth unto his work
- And to his labour until the evening.
- 24How manifold are Thy works, O Lord!
- In wisdom hast Thou made them all;
- The earth is full of Thy creatures.
- 25Yonder sea, great and wide,
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