Ps 104


Praise
the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor
and majesty.

He wraps
himself in light
as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens
like a tent
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.

He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.

He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
But at your rebuke the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder
they took flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned to them.

You set a boundary they cannot cross;
never again will they
cover the
earth.

He
makes springs
pour water into ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
They give water to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
The birds of the air nest by the waters;
they sing among
the branches.

He
waters the mountains
from his upper chambers;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

He makes grass grow for the cattle,
and plants for man to
cultivate -
bringing forth food
from the earth:
wine that gladdens the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine,
and bread that sustains
his heart.

The trees of the Lord are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
There the birds make their nests;
the stork has its home in the pine trees.

The high mountains belong to the wild goats;
the crags are a refuge for the coneys.

The moon marks off the seasons,
and the sun knows when to go down.

You bring darkness, it becomes night,
and all the beasts of the forets prowl.

The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

The sun rises, and they steal away;
they return and lie down in their dens.

Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.

How many are your works, O Lord!

In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.

There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number -
living things both large and small.

There the ships go to and fro.
and the leviathan, which you formed
to frolic there!

These all
look to you to give them
their food at the proper time.

When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with
good things.

When you
hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return
to the dust.

When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face
of the earth.

May the glory of the Lord
endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice
in his works.

He looks at the earth,
and it trembles;
he touches the mountains,
and they smoke.

I will sing
to the Lord
all my life;
I will sing
to my God
as long as
I live.

May
my meditation
be pleasing
to him,
as I rejoice
in the Lord.


{And to Jitka as I
rejoice in Her!}
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