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104:1  I bless the Lord: O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and with majesty and light! You stretched out the starry curtain of the heavens,
104:2  I bless the Lord: O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and with majesty and light! You stretched out the starry curtain of the heavens,
104:3  and hollowed out the surface of the earth to form the seas. The clouds are his chariots. He rides upon the wings of the wind.
104:4  The angels are his messengers—his servants of fire!
104:5  You bound the world together so that it would never fall apart.
104:6  You clothed the earth with floods of waters covering up the mountains.
104:7  You spoke, and at the sound of your shout the water collected into its vast ocean beds, and mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.
104:8  You spoke, and at the sound of your shout the water collected into its vast ocean beds, and mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.
104:9  And then you set a boundary for the seas so that they would never again cover the earth.
104:10  He placed springs in the valleys and streams that gush from the mountains.
104:11  They give water for all the animals to drink. There the wild donkeys quench their thirst,
104:12  and the birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.
104:13  He sends rain upon the mountains and fills the earth with fruit.
104:14  The tender grass grows up at his command to feed the cattle, and there are fruit trees, vegetables, and grain for man to cultivate,
104:15  and wine to make him glad, and olive oil as lotion for his skin, and bread to give him strength.
104:16  The Lord planted the cedars of Lebanon. They are tall and flourishing.
104:17  There the birds make their nests, the storks in the firs.
104:18  High in the mountains are pastures for the wild goats, and rock badgers burrow in among the rocks and find protection there.
104:19  He assigned the moon to mark the months and the sun to mark the days.
104:20  He sends the night and darkness, when all the forest folk come out.
104:21  Then the young lions roar for their food, but they are dependent on the Lord.
104:22  At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest,
104:23  and men go off to work until the evening shadows fall again.
104:24  O Lord, what a variety you have made! And in wisdom you have made them all! The earth is full of your riches.
104:25  There before me lies the mighty ocean, teeming with life of every kind, both great and small.
104:26  And look! See the ships! And over there, the whale you made to play in the sea.
104:27  Every one of these depends on you to give them daily food.
104:28  You supply it, and they gather it. You open wide your hand to feed them, and they are satisfied with all your bountiful provision.
104:29  But if you turn away from them, then all is lost. And when you gather up their breath, they die and turn again to dust.
104:30  Then you send your Spirit, and new life is born to replenish all the living of the earth.
104:31  Praise God forever! How he must rejoice in all his work!
104:32  The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains burst into flame at his touch.
104:33  I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise God to my last breath!
104:34  May he be pleased by all these thoughts about him, for he is the source of all my joy.
104:35  Let all sinners perish—all who refuse to praise him. But I will praise him. Hallelujah!