New King James Version

New Living Translation

1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,

1Let all that I am praise the LORD. O LORD my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.

2Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

2You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;

3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,

3you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind.

4Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.

4The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.

5You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,

5You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.

6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains.

6You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.

7At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

7At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

8They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them.

8Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.

9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.

9Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.

10He sends the springs into the valleys; They flow among the hills.

10You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.

11They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

11They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches.

12The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.

13He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

13You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

14He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,

14You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth—

15And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

15wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength.

16The trees of the LORD are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

16The trees of the LORD are well cared for— the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

17Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees.

17There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.

18The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

18High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.

19He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows its going down.

19You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.

20You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

20You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.

21The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

21Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.

22When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens.

22At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.

23Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening.

23Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening.

24O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions—

24O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.

25This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.

25Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.

26There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.

26See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.

27These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season.

27They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.

28What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

28When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.

29You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

29But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.

30You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth.

30When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.

31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; May the LORD rejoice in His works.

31May the glory of the LORD continue forever! The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!

32He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.

32The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.

33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!

34May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the LORD.

34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

35May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

35Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.