1 *Ps. 103:1,2,22Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are *See 2 Sam. 7:22very great!

*Ps. 93:1;Job 40:10;[Job 37:22]You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

2 covering yourself with light as with a garment,

*See Job 9:8stretching out the heavens *Isa. 40:22like a tent.

3 He *Amos 9:6lays the beams of his *ver. 13chambers on the waters;

he makes *Isa. 19:1the clouds his chariot;

he rides on *Ps. 18:10;2 Sam. 22:11the wings of the wind;

4 he *Cited Heb. 1:7;[Ps. 148:8] makes his messengers winds,

his *Ps. 103:21ministers *[2 Kgs. 1:10;2:11]a flaming fire.

5 He *Ps. 24:2;89:11;136:6;See Job 38:4set the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

6 You *Gen. 7:19covered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7 At *Ps. 18:15;[Ps. 106:9;Gen. 1:9;8:1,5;Matt. 8:26] your rebuke they fled;

at *Ps. 77:18the sound of your thunder they *Ps. 48:5took to flight.

8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you *[Job 38:8,10,11]appointed for them.

9 You set *See Job 26:10a boundary that they may not pass,

so that they *See Gen. 9:11-16might not again cover the earth.

10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

11 they *[ver. 13]give drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

13 *ver. 3From your lofty abode you *[Ps. 65:9;147:8;Deut. 11:11;Job 5:10;Jer. 10:13;14:22]water the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14 You cause *Ps. 147:8,9the grass to grow for the livestock

and *Gen. 1:11,29,30;3:18;9:3plants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth *Job 28:5;[Ps. 136:25;147:9]food from the earth

15 and *Judg. 9:13;Eccles. 10:19;[Prov. 31:6,7] wine to gladden the heart of man,

*[Ps. 23:5;Judg. 9:9] oil to make his face shine

and bread to *[Gen. 18:5]strengthen man’s heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,

*See Judg. 9:15the cedars of Lebanon *[Num. 24:6]that he planted.

17 In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

18 The high mountains are for *See Job 39:1the wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for *Lev. 11:5;Prov. 30:26the rock badgers.

19 He made the moon to mark the *Gen. 1:14;Lev. 23:4seasons;*104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)

the sun knows its time for setting.

20 *Isa. 45:7You make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21 *Job 38:39The young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

22 When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their *Job 37:8dens.

23 *[Gen. 3:19]Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In *Prov. 3:19wisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25 Here is the sea, great and wide,

*Ps. 69:34which teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

26 There go the ships,

and *See Job 41:1Leviathan, which you formed to *[Job 40:20]play in it.*104:26 Or you formed to play with

27 These *Ps. 145:15all look to you,

to *[ver. 14]; See Job 36:31give them their food in due season.

28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you *Ps. 145:16open your hand, they are filled with good things.

29 When you *Ps. 30:7;[Deut. 31:17] hide your face, they are *Job 23:15dismayed;

when you *See Job 34:14take away their breath, they die

and *See Job 10:9return to their dust.

30 When you *See Job 33:4send forth your Spirit,*104:30 Or breath they are created,

and you *[Rev. 21:5]renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord*Ps. 72:17endure forever;

may the Lord*[Gen. 1:31;Prov. 8:31]rejoice in his works,

32 who looks on the earth and it *[Hab. 3:10] trembles,

who *Ps. 144:5;Ex. 19:18;[Amos 9:5]touches the mountains and they smoke!

33 I will sing to the Lord*See Ps. 63:4as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

34 May my *Job 15:4meditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.

35 Let *See Ps. 37:38sinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

*See ver. 1Bless the Lord, O my soul!

*Ps. 105:45;106:48;113:9;150:6Praise the Lord!