Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Bless. This sublime poem on the works of God in creation and providence, is ascribed to David in the LXX, Vulgate, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic; and as it opens and closes with the same words as the preceding psalm, it is probable that it was composed on the same occasion; and it is written as part of it in nine MSS. ver.
Psalm 104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked …
Psalm 103:1,2,22 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name…
O Lord
Psalm 7:1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that …
Daniel 9:4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, …
Habakkuk 1:12 Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall …
art very great
Psalm 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Jeremiah 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? said …
Jeremiah 32:17-19 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your …
Revelation 1:13 And in the middle of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of …
clothed
Psalm 93:1 The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed …
Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation …
Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days …
honour
Psalm 29:1-4 Give to the LORD, O you mighty, give to the LORD glory and strength…
Psalm 96:6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
with light
Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days …
Matthew 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, …
1 Timothy 6:16 Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can …
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare …
stretchest
Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants …
Isaiah 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have …
Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, said the LORD, which …
Hebrews 1:10-12 And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the …
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
who layeth
Psalm 18:10,11 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings …
Amos 9:6 It is he that builds his stories in the heaven, and has founded his …
Maketh
Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and …
Matthew 26:64 Jesus said to him, You have said: nevertheless I say to you, Hereafter …
Revelation 1:7 Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they …
walketh
Psalm 18:10 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind.
Psalm 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
2 Samuel 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah …
Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all …
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
who maketh
Acts 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, …
Hebrews 1:7,14 And of the angels he said, Who makes his angels spirits, and his …
ministers
2 Kings 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, …
2 Kings 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray you, open his eyes, that …
Ezekiel 1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was …
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
he sendeth. Heb. Who sendeth
Psalm 107:35 He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs.
The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by the providence of God, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing; partly ascending from the great deep through the strata of the earth, partly exhaled in vapour from the surface of the ocean, and thence falling in rain, especially on the tops and sides of mountains, they break forth into fresh springs, and form streams and rivers.
Deuteronomy 8:7 For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water…
Isaiah 35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land …
Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the middle of …
run. Heb. walk
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
the fowls
Psalm 104:16,17 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which …
Psalm 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the …
Psalm 84:3 Yes, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, …
Psalm 148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, …
sing. Heb. give a voice
Psalm 147:9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
watereth
Psalm 147:8 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, …
Deuteronomy 11:11 But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and …
Job 38:25-28,37 Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a …
Jeremiah 10:13 When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, …
Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? …
Matthew 5:45 That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for …
Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did …
his chambers
Psalm 104:3 Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds …
Amos 9:6 It is he that builds his stories in the heaven, and has founded his …
the earth
Psalm 65:9-13 You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the …
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
causeth
Psalm 145:15,16 The eyes of all wait on you; and you give them their meat in due season…
Psalm 147:8,9 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, …
Genesis 1:11,12,29 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding …
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every …
1 Kings 18:5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, …
Jeremiah 14:5,6 Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there …
Joel 2:22 Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness …
herb
Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which …
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is …
Genesis 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall …
Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that lives shall be meat for you; even as the …
that he
Psalm 136:25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures for ever.
Genesis 4:12 When you till the ground, it shall not from now on yield to you her …
Job 28:5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up …
1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; …
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
wine
Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you …
Judges 9:13 And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God …
Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those …
Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers …
Jeremiah 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall …
Zechariah 9:15-17 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue …
Mark 14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to …
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
oil to make his, etc. Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil.
Psalm 92:10 But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall …
Deuteronomy 28:40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall …
Judges 9:9 But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with …
Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? …
Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a …
Songs 1:2-4 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better …
Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, …
1 John 2:20 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things.
bread
Psalm 105:16 Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
Leviticus 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake …
Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled you, and suffered you to hunger, and fed you with …
Isaiah 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem …
Ezekiel 4:16 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff …
Ezekiel 5:16 When I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, which shall …
Ezekiel 14:13 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, …
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
the birds
Psalm 104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which …
Jeremiah 22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that make your nest in the cedars, how gracious …
Ezekiel 31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under …
Daniel 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was …
Obadiah 1:4 Though you exalt yourself as the eagle, and though you set your nest …
Matthew 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it …
as for
Leviticus 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Jeremiah 8:7 Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle …
the stork. The genus, about the size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils; it feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the name chaseedah, which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from the Greek, natural affection.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
makest
Psalm 74:16 The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the …
Psalm 139:10-12 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me…
Genesis 1:4,5 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light …
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, …
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: …
Amos 1:13 Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, …
of the forest do creep forth. Heb. thereof do trample on the forest.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
the young
Psalm 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the …
Job 38:39 Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Isaiah 31:4 For thus has the LORD spoken to me, Like as the lion and the young …
Ezekiel 19:2 And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, …
Amos 3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young …
seek
Psalm 147:9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Job 38:41 Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, …
Joel 1:18,20 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because …
Joel 2:22 Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness …
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
how
Psalm 8:3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon …
Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, …
Psalm 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful …
Nehemiah 9:6 You, even you, are LORD alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of …
Job 5:9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
in wisdom
Psalm 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures for ever.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very …
Proverbs 3:19,20 The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he …
Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Jeremiah 10:12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world …
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! …
Ephesians 1:8 Wherein he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly …
the earth
Psalm 24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and …
Psalm 50:10-12 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills…
Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness.
Genesis 1:11,12,24,25 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding …
1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, …
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
hidest
Psalm 30:7 LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you …
Job 13:24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
Job 34:29 When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides …
Romans 8:20-22 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by …
thou takes
Psalm 146:4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day …
Job 34:14,15 If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath…
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit …
Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, …
return
Psalm 90:3 You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to …
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
sendest
Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of …
Job 26:13 By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the …
Job 33:4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
Isaiah 32:14,15 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city …
Ezekiel 37:9 Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and …
Ephesians 2:1,4,5 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins…
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to …
renewest
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former …
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall …
Revelation 21:5 And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. …
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
the glory
Psalm 102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Romans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom …
Galatians 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:21 To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, …
2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve …
Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you …
1 Peter 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus …
Revelation 5:12,13 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive …
endure. Heb. be.
rejoice
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very …
Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for …
Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: …
Isaiah 65:18,19 But be you glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, …
Jeremiah 32:41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them …
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God in the middle of you is mighty; he will save, he …
Luke 15:5,6,22-24 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing…
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
looketh
Psalm 77:16 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: …
Psalm 97:4,5 His lightning enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled…
Psalm 114:7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence …
Isaiah 64:2 As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, …
Jeremiah 4:23-26 I beheld the earth, and, see, it was without form, and void; and …
Jeremiah 5:22 Fear you not me? said the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence…
Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwells …
Nahum 1:5,6 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is …
Habakkuk 3:5,6,10 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet…
Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose …
he toucheth
Psalm 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour …
Psalm 144:5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and …
Exodus 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended …
Isaiah 64:1,2 Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that …
Revelation 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
meditation
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he …
Psalm 63:5,6 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth …
Psalm 77:12 I will meditate also of all your work, and talk of your doings.
Psalm 119:15,16,111,127,128,167 I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect to your ways…
Psalm 139:17,18 How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the …
Proverbs 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found …
I will be
Psalm 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, …
Habakkuk 3:17,18 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in …
Luke 1:47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
sinners
Psalm 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Psalm 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the …
Psalm 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let …
Psalm 68:1,2 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate …
Psalm 73:27 For, see, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed …
Psalm 101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off …
Judges 5:31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him …
Proverbs 2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors …
Revelation 19:1,2 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, …
bless
Psalm 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you …
Psalm 103:1,2,22 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name…
