1 | Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. |
2 | He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. |
3 | He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. |
4 | He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire. |
5 | He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. |
6 | You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. |
7 | At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. |
8 | The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. |
9 | You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth. |
10 | He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. |
11 | They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. |
12 | The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. |
13 | He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. |
14 | He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth: |
15 | wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart. |
16 | Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; |
17 | where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees. |
18 | The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. |
19 | He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. |
20 | You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. |
21 | The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. |
22 | The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens. |
23 | Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening. |
24 | Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. |
25 | There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. |
26 | There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. |
27 | These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. |
28 | You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. |
29 | You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. |
30 | You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground. |
31 | Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. |
32 | He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. |
33 | I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. |
34 | Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. |
35 | Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah! 5 |