| 1 | To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty; |
| 2 | you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent. |
| 3 | You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds. |
| 4 | You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire. |
| 5 | You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age. |
| 6 | The abyss, like a garment, is its clothing. The waters will remain standing above the mountains. |
| 7 | At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread. |
| 8 | The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them. |
| 9 | You have set a limit that they will not cross. And they will not return to cover the earth. |
| 10 | You spring forth fountains in steep valleys. The waters will cross through the midst of the mountains. |
| 11 | All the wild beasts of the field will drink. The wild donkeys will anticipate in their thirst. |
| 12 | Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices. |
| 13 | You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works, |
| 14 | producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth, |
| 15 | and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man. |
| 16 | The trees of the field will be saturated, along with the cedars of Lebanon, which he planted. |
| 17 | There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron. |
| 18 | The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog. |
| 19 | He has made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting. |
| 20 | You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it. |
| 21 | The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God. |
| 22 | The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together. |
| 23 | Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening. |
| 24 | How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions. |
| 25 | This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great. |
| 26 | There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them. |
| 27 | All these expect you to give them food in due time. |
| 28 | What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness. |
| 29 | But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust. |
| 30 | You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth. |
| 31 | May the glory of the Lord be for all ages. The Lord will rejoice in his works. |
| 32 | He considers the earth, and he makes it tremble. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. |
| 33 | I will sing to the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God, as long as I am. |
| 34 | May my speech be pleasing to him. Truly, I will take delight in the Lord. |
| 35 | Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul. |
