en_cjb - Psa 104 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Bless ADONAI, my soul! ADONAI, my God, you are very great; you are clothed with glory and majesty,

² wrapped in light as with a robe. You spread out the heavens like a curtain,

³ you laid the beams of your palace on the water. You make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind.

⁴ You make winds your messengers, fiery flames your servants.

⁵ You fixed the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

⁶ You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷ At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they rushed away,

⁸ flowing over hills, pouring into valleys, down to the place you had fixed for them.

⁹ You determined a boundary they could not cross; they were never to cover the earth again.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the vadis; they flow between the hills,

¹¹ supplying water to all the wild animals; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² On their banks the birds of the air build their nests; among the branches they sing.

¹³ You water the mountains from your palace; the earth is satisfied with how you provide —

¹⁴ You grow grass for the cattle; and for people you grow the plants they need to bring forth bread from the earth,

¹⁵ wine that gladdens the human heart, oil to make faces glow, and food to sustain their strength.

¹⁶ ADONAI’s trees are satisfied — the cedars of the L’vanon, which he has planted.

¹⁷ In them sparrows build their nests, while storks live in the fir trees.

¹⁸ For the wild goats there are the high mountains, while the coneys find refuge in the rocks.

¹⁹ You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.

²⁰ You bring darkness, and it is night, the time when all forest animals prowl.

²¹ The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.

²² The sun rises, they slink away and lie down to rest in their dens;

²³ while people go out to their work, laboring on till evening.

²⁴ What variety there is in your works, ADONAI! How many [of them there are]! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creations.

²⁵ Look at the sea, so great, so wide! It teems with countless creatures, living beings, both large and small.

²⁶ The ships are there, sailing to and fro; Livyatan, which you formed to play there.

²⁷ All of them look to you to give them their food when they need it.

²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it; when you open your hand, they are well satisfied.

²⁹ If you hide your face, they vanish; if you hold back their breath, they perish and return to their dust.

³⁰ If you send out your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.

³¹ May the glory of ADONAI last forever! May ADONAI rejoice in his works!

³² When he looks at the earth, it trembles; when he touches the mountains, they pour out smoke.

³³ I will sing to ADONAI as long as I live, sing praise to my God all my life.

³⁴ May my musings be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in ADONAI.

³⁵ May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more! Bless ADONAI, my soul! Halleluyah!