Psalms 104:1-13 ▼

1 O my soul, bless YHWH! O YHWH my God, You are very great; with honor and majesty You are clothed.

2 Covering Himself with light as a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain,

3 the One laying the beams in the waters of His upper chambers, the One making the clouds His chariot, the One walking on the wings of the wind,

4 making the winds His messengers, His servants flaming fire.

5 He set the earth upon its foundations; it should not be shaken forever and ever.

6 The deep, as with a garment You covered it; upon the mountains the waters were standing.

7 From Your rebuke they fled; from the voice of Your thunder they hurried away.

8 Upon the mountains, the valleys sank down, to the place that You established for them.

9 You have set a boundary that they may not cross over; they may never return to cover the earth.

10 He sends the springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills.

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

12 Nearby them the birds of the heavens are dwelling; from between the branches they give forth a voice.

13 Watering the hills from His upper chambers; with the fruit of Your works the earth is satisfied—