{Psa 98-100, 102, 104 **}
104:1 Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
O Jehovah my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty, 104:2 who covers yourself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, 104:3 who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind, 104:4 who makes his messengers spirits, his ministers a flame of fire, 104:5 who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be shaken everlasting and forever.
104:6 You covered it with the deep as with a raiment. The waters stood above the mountains. 104:7At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hastened away.
104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which you had founded for them. 104:9You have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they do not turn again to cover the earth.
104:10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12 The birds of the heavens have their dwelling by them. They sing among the branches. 104:13 He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth, 104:15 and wine that gladdens the heart of man and oil to make his face to shine and bread that strengthens man's heart.
104:16 The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, 104:17 where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock-baggers.
104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down. 104:20 You make darkness and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
104:21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. 104:22 The sun arises; they get away and lie down in their dens.
104:23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
104:24 O Jehovah, how great are your works! You have made them all in wisdom. The earth is full of your riches.
104:25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts. 104:26 There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom you have formed to play in it.
104:27 These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. 104:28 You give to them, they gather. You open your hand, they are satisfied with good.
104:29 You hide your face, they are troubled. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
104:30 You send forth your Spirit, they are created and you renew the face of the ground.
104:31 Let the glory of Jehovah endure everlasting. Let Jehovah rejoice in his works, 104:32 who looks on the earth and it trembles. He touches the mountains and they smoke.
104:33 I will sing to Jehovah as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.104:34 Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Jehovah.
104:35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth and let the wicked be no more.
Praise Jehovah, O my soul. Praise Jehovah.