Psalm 104 - American Standard Version 2015 American Standard Version 2015
Psalm 104

¹ Bless Jehovah, O my soul.\par\tab O Jehovah my God, thou art very great;\par\tab Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

² Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment;\par\tab Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

³ Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters;\par\tab Who maketh the clouds his chariot;\par\tab Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

⁴ Who maketh winds his messengers;\par\tab Flames of fire his ministers;

⁵ Who laid the foundations of the earth,\par\tab That it should not be moved for ever.

⁶ Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture;\par\tab The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷ At thy rebuke they fled;\par\tab At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

⁸ (The mountains rose, the valleys sank down)\par\tab Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;\par\tab That they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sendeth forth springs into the valleys;\par\tab They run among the mountains;

¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field;\par\tab The wild asses quench their thirst.

¹² By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation;\par\tab They sing among the branches.

¹³ He watereth the mountains from his chambers:\par\tab The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴ He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,\par\tab And herb for the service of man;\par\tab That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

¹⁵ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,\par\tab {\i And} oil to make his face to shine,\par\tab And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of Jehovah are filled {\i with moisture},\par\tab The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests:\par\tab As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats;\par\tab The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons:\par\tab The sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰ Thou makest darkness, and it is night,\par\tab Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

²¹ The young lions roar after their prey,\par\tab And seek their food from God.

²² The sun ariseth, they get them away,\par\tab And lay them down in their dens.

²³ Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works!\par\tab In wisdom hast thou made them all:\par\tab The earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide,\par\tab Wherein are things creeping innumerable,\par\tab Both small and great beasts.

²⁶ There go the ships;\par\tab There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

²⁷ These wait all for thee,\par\tab That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

²⁸ Thou givest unto them, they gather;\par\tab Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;\par\tab Thou takest away their breath, they die,\par\tab And return to their dust.

³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created;\par\tab And thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹ Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever;\par\tab Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:

³² Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth;\par\tab He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live:\par\tab I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴ Let thy meditation be sweet unto him:\par\tab I will rejoice in Jehovah.

³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.\par\tab And let the wicked be no more.\par\tab Bless Jehovah, O my soul.\par\tab Praise ye Jehovah.