Verse 1. For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
Verse 2. And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:
Verse 3. Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.
Verse 4. Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.
Verse 5. Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.
Verse 6. The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
Verse 7. At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
Verse 8. The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.
Verse 9. Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.
Verse 10. Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.
Verse 11. All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.
Verse 12. Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.
Verse 13. Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:
Verse 14. Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:
Verse 15. And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.
Verse 16. The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:
Verse 17. There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.
Verse 18. The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.
Verse 19. He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Verse 20. Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:
Verse 21. The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.
Verse 22. The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.
Verse 23. Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.
Verse 24. How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.
Verse 25. So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.
Verse 26. There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.
Verse 27. All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.
Verse 28. What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.
Verse 29. But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.
Verse 30. Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Verse 31. May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
Verse 32. He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
Verse 33. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Verse 34. Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.
Verse 35. Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.