Psalm 104:1-35
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
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2 Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
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4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
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5 [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.
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6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
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7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
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8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
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9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.
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11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
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12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
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13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
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14 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;
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15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man’s heart.
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16 The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
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17 Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
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18 The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
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19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
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20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
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21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
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22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
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24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
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25 [So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
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26 There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
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27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.
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28 [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
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29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
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32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
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33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
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35 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.
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