1 Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.2 The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.4 He makes winds his messengers, "flames of fire his servants.5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.6 You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.7 But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;8 they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.11 They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate — bringing forth food from the earth:15 wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.19 He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.20 You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.22 The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.23 Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.24 How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number — living things both large and small.26 There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.27 All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.30 When you send 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 who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they 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 my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.35 But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD. [^2]
1 باركي يا نفسي الرب. يا رب الهي قد عظمت جدا مجدا وجلالا لبست.2 اللابس النور كثوب الباسط السموات كشقّة.3 المسقف علاليه بالمياه الجاعل السحاب مركبته الماشي على اجنحة الريح4 الصانع ملائكته رياحا وخدامه نارا ملتهبة5 المؤسس الارض على قواعدها فلا تتزعزع الى الدهر والابد.6 كسوتها الغمر كثوب. فوق الجبال تقف المياه.7 من انتهارك تهرب من صوت رعدك تفر.8 تصعد الى الجبال. تنزل الى البقاع الى الموضع الذي اسسته لها.9 وضعت لها تخما لا تتعداه. لا ترجع لتغطي الارض10 المفجر عيونا في الاودية. بين الجبال تجري.11 تسقي كل حيوان البر. تكسر الفراء ظمأها.12 فوقها طيور السماء تسكن. من بين الاغصان تسمع صوتا.13 الساقي الجبال من علاليه. من ثمر اعمالك تشبع الارض.14 المنبت عشبا للبهائم وخضرة لخدمة الانسان لاخراج خبز من الارض15 وخمر تفرح قلب الانسان لإلماع وجهه اكثر من الزيت وخبز يسند قلب الانسان.16 تشبع اشجار الرب ارز لبنان الذي نصبه.17 حيث تعشش هناك العصافير اما اللقلق فالسرو بيته.18 الجبال العالية للوعول الصخور ملجأ للوبار19 صنع القمر للمواقيت الشمس تعرف مغربها.20 تجعل ظلمة فيصير ليل. فيه يدبّ كل حيوان الوعر.21 الاشبال تزمجر لتخطف ولتلتمس من الله طعامها.22 تشرق الشمس فتجتمع وفي مآويها تربض.23 الانسان يخرج الى عمله والى شغله الى المساء24 ما اعظم اعمالك يا رب. كلها بحكمة صنعت. ملآنة الارض من غناك.25 هذا البحر الكبير الواسع الاطراف. هناك دبابات بلا عدد. صغار حيوان مع كبار.26 هناك تجري السفن. لوياثان هذا خلقته ليلعب فيه.27 كلها اياك تترجى لترزقها قوتها في حينه.28 تعطيها فتلتقط. تفتح يدك فتشبع خيرا.29 تحجب وجهك فترتاع. تنزع ارواحها فتموت والى ترابها تعود.30 ترسل روحك فتخلق. وتجدد وجه الارض31 يكون مجد الرب الى الدهر. يفرح الرب باعماله.32 الناظر الى الارض فترتعد. يمسّ الجبال فتدخن.33 اغني للرب في حياتي. ارنم لالهي ما دمت موجودا.34 فيلذ له نشيدي وانا افرح بالرب.35 لتبد الخطاة من الارض والاشرار لا يكونوا بعد. باركي يا نفسي الرب. هللويا