The LORD’S Care over All His Works.
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Psalm 104:1
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
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Psalm 104:2
Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
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Psalm 104:3
He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
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Psalm 104:4
He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
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Psalm 104:5
He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.
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Psalm 104:6
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
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Psalm 104:7
At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
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Psalm 104:8
The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
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Psalm 104:9
You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
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Psalm 104:10
He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains;
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Psalm 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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Psalm 104:12
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches.
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Psalm 104:13
He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
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Psalm 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
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Psalm 104:15
And wine which makes man’s heart glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food which sustains man’s heart.
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Psalm 104:16
The trees of the LORD drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
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Psalm 104:17
Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the fir trees.
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Psalm 104:18
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
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Psalm 104:19
He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
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Psalm 104:20
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
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Psalm 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.
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Psalm 104:22
When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens.
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Psalm 104:23
Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening.
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Psalm 104:24
O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
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Psalm 104:25
There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great.
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Psalm 104:26
There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.
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Psalm 104:27
They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.
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Psalm 104:28
You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
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Psalm 104:29
You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust.
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Psalm 104:30
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.
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Psalm 104:31
Let the glory of the LORD endure forever; Let the LORD be glad in His works;
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Psalm 104:32
He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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Psalm 104:33
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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Psalm 104:34
Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD.
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Psalm 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!
