Psalm 104

Lord my God, you are very great.
    You are dressed in glory and majesty.
² The Lord wraps himself in light as if it were a robe.
    He spreads out the heavens like a tent.
³     He builds his palace high in the heavens.
He makes the clouds serve as his chariot.
    He rides on the wings of the wind.
⁴ He makes the winds serve as his messengers.
    He makes flashes of lightning serve him.

⁵ He placed the earth on its foundations.
    It can never be moved.
⁶ You, Lord, covered it with the oceans like a blanket.
    The waters covered the mountains.
⁷ But you commanded the waters, and they ran away.
    At the sound of your thunder they rushed off.
⁸ They flowed down the mountains.
    They went into the valleys.
    They went to the place you appointed for them.
⁹ You drew a line they can’t cross.
    They will never cover the earth again.

¹⁰ The Lord makes springs pour water into the valleys.
    It flows between the mountains.
¹¹ The springs give water to all the wild animals.
    The wild donkeys satisfy their thirst.
¹² The birds in the sky build nests by the waters.
    They sing among the branches.
¹³ The Lord waters the mountains from his palace high in the clouds.
    The earth is filled with the things he has made.
¹⁴ He makes grass grow for the cattle
    and plants for people to take care of.
    That’s how they get food from the earth.
¹⁵ There is wine to make people glad.
    There is olive oil to make their skin glow.
    And there is bread to make them strong.
¹⁶ The cedar trees of Lebanon belong to the Lord.
    He planted them and gave them plenty of water.
¹⁷ There the birds make their nests.
    The stork has its home in the juniper trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats.
    The cliffs are a safe place for the rock badgers.

¹⁹ The Lord made the moon to mark off the seasons.
    The sun knows when to go down.
²⁰ You, Lord, bring darkness, and it becomes night.
    Then all the animals of the forest prowl around.
²¹ The lions roar while they hunt.
    All their food comes from God.
²² The sun rises, and they slip away.
    They return to their dens and lie down.
²³ Then people get up and go to work.
    They keep working until evening.

²⁴ Lord, you have made so many things!
    How wise you were when you made all of them!
    The earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Look at the ocean, so big and wide!
    It is filled with more creatures than people can count.
    It is filled with living things, from the largest to the smallest.
²⁶ Ships sail back and forth on it.
    Leviathan, the sea monster you made, plays in it.

²⁷ All creatures depend on you
    to give them their food when they need it.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they eat it.
When you open your hand,
    they are satisfied with good things.
²⁹ When you turn your face away from them,
    they are terrified.
When you take away their breath,
    they die and turn back into dust.
³⁰ When you send your Spirit,
    you create them.
    You give new life to the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord continue forever.
    May the Lord be happy with what he has made.
³² When he looks at the earth, it trembles.
    When he touches the mountains, they pour out smoke.

³³ I will sing to the Lord all my life.
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May these thoughts of mine please him.
    I find my joy in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners be gone from the earth.
    May evil people disappear.

I will praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.