104 1 Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
O Yahweh my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with honour and majesty,
104 2 who covers yourself with light as with a garment,
who has stretched out the heavens like a tent,
104 3 who has laid the beams of your chambers on the waters,
who makes the clouds your chariot,
who rides on the wings of the wind,
104 4 who makes the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers. 104 5 You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be shaken.
104 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
104 7 At your rebuke they fled;
at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
104 8 The mountains rose,
the valleys sank down
to the place which you appointed for them.
104 9 You set a bound which they should not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.
104 10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills,
104 11 they give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild asses quench their thirst.
104 12 By them the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.
104 13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
104 14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth,
104 15 and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine,
and bread to strengthen man's heart.
104 16 The trees of Yahweh are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
104 17 In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
104 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
104 19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.
104 20 You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
104 21 The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
104 22 When the sun rises,
they get them away and lie down in their dens.
104 23 Man goes forth to his work
and to his labour until the evening.
104 24 O Yahweh, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
104 25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with things innumerable,
living things both small and great.
104 26 There go the ships, and Leviathan
which you made to sport in it.
104 27 These all look to you,
to give them their food in due season.
104 28 When you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
104 29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
104 30 When you send forth your Spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.
104 31 May the glory of Yahweh endure for ever,
may Yahweh rejoice in his works,
104 32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke!
104 33 I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
104 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in Yahweh.
104 35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
Bless Yahweh, O my soul!