Psalms 104 : 1 (HCSB)
My soul, praise the LORD! LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with majesty and splendor.
Psalms 104 : 2 (HCSB)
He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy,
Psalms 104 : 3 (HCSB)
laying the beams of His palace on the waters *above , making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind,
Psalms 104 : 4 (HCSB)
and making the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
Psalms 104 : 5 (HCSB)
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
Psalms 104 : 6 (HCSB)
You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
Psalms 104 : 7 (HCSB)
At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away--
Psalms 104 : 8 (HCSB)
mountains rose and valleys sank-- to the place You established for them.
Psalms 104 : 9 (HCSB)
You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never cover the earth again.
Psalms 104 : 10 (HCSB)
He causes the springs to gush into the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
Psalms 104 : 11 (HCSB)
They supply water for every wild beast; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Psalms 104 : 12 (HCSB)
The birds of the sky live beside *the springs ; they sing among the foliage.
Psalms 104 : 13 (HCSB)
He waters the mountains from His palace; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.
Psalms 104 : 14 (HCSB)
He causes grass to grow for the livestock and *provides crops for man to cultivate, producing food from the earth,
Psalms 104 : 15 (HCSB)
wine that makes man's heart glad-- making his face shine with oil-- and bread that sustains man's heart.
Psalms 104 : 16 (HCSB)
The trees of the LORD flourish, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.
Psalms 104 : 17 (HCSB)
There the birds make their nests; the stork makes its home in the pine trees.
Psalms 104 : 18 (HCSB)
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.
Psalms 104 : 19 (HCSB)
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Psalms 104 : 20 (HCSB)
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals stir.
Psalms 104 : 21 (HCSB)
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Psalms 104 : 22 (HCSB)
The sun rises; they go back and lie down in their dens.
Psalms 104 : 23 (HCSB)
Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.
Psalms 104 : 24 (HCSB)
How countless are Your works, LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
Psalms 104 : 25 (HCSB)
Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small.
Psalms 104 : 26 (HCSB)
There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.
Psalms 104 : 27 (HCSB)
All of them wait for You to give them their food at the right time.
Psalms 104 : 28 (HCSB)
When You give it to them, they gather it; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
Psalms 104 : 29 (HCSB)
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
Psalms 104 : 30 (HCSB)
When You send Your breath, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
Psalms 104 : 31 (HCSB)
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
Psalms 104 : 32 (HCSB)
He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.
Psalms 104 : 33 (HCSB)
I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.
Psalms 104 : 34 (HCSB)
May my meditation be pleasing to Him; I will rejoice in the LORD.
Psalms 104 : 35 (HCSB)
May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. My soul, praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
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