aBless the LORD
, O my soul
! O LORD
my God
, You are very
great
; You are bclothed
with splendor
and majesty
,
Covering Yourself with alight
as with a cloak
, bStretching
out heaven
like a tent curtain
.
1He alays the beams
of His upper
chambers
in the waters
; 1He makes
the bclouds
His chariot
; 1He walks
upon the cwings
of the wind
;
1He makes 2 athe winds
His messengers
, 3Flaming
bfire
His ministers
.
He aestablished the earth
upon its foundations
, So that it will not 1totter
forever
and ever
.
You acovered it with the deep
as with a garment
; The waters
were standing
above
the mountains
.
At Your arebuke they fled
, At the bsound
of Your thunder
they hurried
away
.
The mountains rose
; the valleys
sank
down
To the aplace
which
You established
for them.
You set a aboundary
that they may not pass
over
, So that they will not return
to cover
the earth
.
1He sends forth asprings
in the valleys
; They flow
between
the mountains
;
They agive drink
to every
beast
of the field
; The bwild
donkeys
quench
their thirst
.
1Beside them the birds
of the heavens
adwell
; They 2lift
up their voices
among
the branches
.
1He awaters the mountains
from His upper
chambers
; bThe earth
is satisfied
with the fruit
of His works
.
1He causes the agrass to grow
for the 2cattle
, And bvegetation
for the 3labor
of man
, So that 4he may bring
forth
5food
cfrom the earth
,
And awine which makes
man's
heart
glad
, bSo that he may make his face
glisten
with oil
, And 1food
which csustains
man's
heart
.
The trees of the LORD
1drink
their fill
, The cedars
of Lebanon
which
He planted
,
Where the abirds
build
their nests
, And the bstork
, whose home
is the 1fir
trees
.
The high mountains
are for the awild
goats
; The bcliffs
are a refuge
for the 1 cshephanim
.
He made the moon
afor the seasons
; The bsun
knows
the place
of its setting
.
You aappoint darkness
and it becomes
night
, In which all
the bbeasts
of the forest
1prowl
about
.
The ayoung lions
roar
after their prey
1And bseek
their food
from God
.
When the sun rises
they withdraw
And lie
down
in their adens
.
Man goes
forth
to ahis work
And to his labor
until
evening
.
O LORD, how
amany
are Your works
! 1In bwisdom
You have made
them all
; The cearth
is full
of Your 2possessions
.
1There is the asea
, great
and 2broad
, In which
are swarms
without
number
, Animals
both small
and great
.
There the aships
move
along, And 1 bLeviathan
, which
You have formed
to sport
in it.
They all await
for You To bgive
them their food
in 1due season
.
You give to them, they gather
it up; You aopen
Your hand
, they are satisfied
with good
.
You ahide Your face
, they are dismayed
; You btake
away
their 1spirit
, they expire
And creturn
to their dust
.
You send forth Your 1 aSpirit
, they are created
; And You renew
the face
of the ground
.
Let the aglory of the LORD
endure
forever
; Let the LORD
bbe glad
in His works
;
1He alooks at the earth
, and it btrembles
; He ctouches
the mountains
, and they smoke
.
1I will sing to the LORD
2 aas long as I live
; 1I will bsing
praise
to my God
3while
I have my being.
Let my ameditation be pleasing
to Him; As for me, I shall bbe glad
in the LORD
.
Let sinners be aconsumed
from the earth
And let the bwicked
be no
more
. cBless
the LORD
, O my soul
. 1 dPraise
2the LORD
!