Psalm 104 - Modern English Version

¹ Bless the Lord, O my soul! O  Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty,

² covering Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.

³ He lays the beams of His upper chambers on the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;

⁴ He makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flaming fire.

⁵ You laid the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.

⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷ At Your rebuke they fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

⁸ The mountains rose; the valleys sank down to the place which You established for them.

⁹ You set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they may not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰ You send the springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills.

¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the branches.

¹³ You water the mountains from Your upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the cultivation of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth,

¹⁵ and wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man’s heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷ where the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon for the seasons; the sun knows its place for setting.

²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

²² When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.

²³ Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O  Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions.

²⁵ So is this great and wide sea, which is full of innumerable creatures, living things both small and great.

²⁶ There the ships sail along; and there is Leviathan, which You have made to play in it.

²⁷ These all wait upon You, that You may give them their food in due season.

²⁸ You give to them; they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

²⁹ You hide Your face; they are troubled; You take away their breath; they die and return to their dust.

³⁰ You send forth Your Spirit; they are created, and You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works.

³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴ May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord.

³⁵ May sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!