Psalms 104 · Clearspring

How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!

¹Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.+ ²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:+ ³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:+ ⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:+ ⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.+ ⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.+ ⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.+ ⁸They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.+ ⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.+ ¹⁰He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.+ ¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.+ ¹²By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.+ ¹³He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.+ ¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;+ ¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.+ ¹⁶The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;+ ¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.+ ¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.+ ¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.+ ²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.+ ²¹The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.+ ²²The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.+ ²³Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.+ ²⁴O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.+ ²⁵So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.+ ²⁶There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.+ ²⁷These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.+ ²⁸That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.+ ²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.+ ³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.+ ³¹The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.+ ³²He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.+ ³³I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.+ ³⁴My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.+ ³⁵Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.+

How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!

Study Psalm 104