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Psalm 104

^104:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty. ^104:2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain ^104:3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot and travels on the wings of the wind. ^104:4 He makes the winds his messengers and the flaming fire his attendant. ^104:5 He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved. ^104:6 The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains. ^104:7 Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off— ^104:8 as the mountains rose up and the valleys went down— to the place you appointed for them. ^104:9 You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again. ^104:10 He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains. ^104:11 They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ^104:12 The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes. ^104:13 He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. ^104:14 He provides grass for the cattle and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground ^104:15 as well as wine that makes people glad, and olive oil to make their faces shine as well as bread that sustains them. ^104:16 The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, ^104:17 where the birds make nests near the evergreens in which the herons live. ^104:18 The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs. ^104:19 He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. ^104:20 You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around. ^104:21 The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God. ^104:22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens. ^104:23 People then go out to do their work, and they labor until evening. ^104:24 How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made. ^104:25 Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large. ^104:26 The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it. ^104:27 All your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis. ^104:28 You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food. ^104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust. ^104:30 When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground. ^104:31 May the splendor of the Lord endure. May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made. ^104:32 He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder. ^104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist. ^104:34 May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will rejoice in the Lord. ^104:35 May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish. Praise the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord.