Psalms 104 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 103:1>To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty; Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2 <V 103:2>you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent. covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3 <V 103:3>You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
4 <V 103:4>You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire. he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
5 <V 103:5>You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age. He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
6 <V 103:6>The abyss, like a garment, is its clothing. The waters will remain standing above the mountains. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 <V 103:7>At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8 <V 103:8>The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
9 <V 103:9>You have set a limit that they will not cross. And they will not return to cover the earth. You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
10 <V 103:10>You spring forth fountains in steep valleys. The waters will cross through the midst of the mountains. You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.
11 <V 103:11>All the wild beasts of the field will drink. The wild donkeys will anticipate in their thirst. they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 <V 103:12>Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
13 <V 103:13>You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works, From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
14 <V 103:14>producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth, You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth:
15 <V 103:15>and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man. and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart. wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.
16 <V 103:16>The trees of the field will be saturated, along with the cedars of Lebanon, which he planted. The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 <V 103:17>There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron. In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 <V 103:18>The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog. The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
19 <V 103:19>He has made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting. He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
20 <V 103:20>You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it. You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about. You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21 <V 103:21>The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God. The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
22 <V 103:22>The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together. When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens. The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.
23 <V 103:23>Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening. Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.
24 <V 103:24>How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions. O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
25 <V 103:25>This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
26 <V 103:26>There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them. There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
27 <V 103:27>All these expect you to give them food in due time. These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
28 <V 103:28>What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
29 <V 103:29>But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust. When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
30 <V 103:30>You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth. When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
31 <V 103:31>May the glory of the Lord be for all ages. The Lord will rejoice in his works. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works, May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works—
32 <V 103:32>He considers the earth, and he makes it tremble. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 <V 103:33>I will sing to the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God, as long as I am. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 <V 103:34>May my speech be pleasing to him. Truly, I will take delight in the Lord. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.
35 <V 103:35>Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD! But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD.
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