1Bless Yahweh, O my soul! Yahweh my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2wrapping yourself in light like a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain,
3who lays the beams of his upper chambers on the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind.
4who makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
5He set the earth on its foundations, so that it will never be shaken, forever and ever.
6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place you had established for them.
9You set a boundary they may not cross, so that they may never return to cover the earth.
10He who sends forth springs into the wadis; they flow between the mountains.
11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12Beside them the birds of the sky dwell; from among the foliage they give voice.
13He who waters the mountains from his upper chambers; from the fruit of your works the earth is satisfied.
14He makes grass sprout for the cattle, and plants for the labor of humankind, to bring forth bread from the earth,
15and wine that gladdens the heart of man, making the face shine with oil, and bread that sustains the heart of man.
16The trees of Yahweh are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
17where the birds make their nests; the stork—the cypresses are her house.
18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19He made the moon for the appointed times; the sun knows its setting.
20You bring darkness and it becomes night, in which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21The young lions roar for prey, and to seek their food from God.
22The sun rises—they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
23Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.
24How many are your works, O Yahweh! You made them all in wisdom; the earth is full of your possessions.
25This is the sea, great and wide of hand, where there are creeping things without number, living creatures small along with great.
26There the ships go about; there is Leviathan, whom you formed to play in it.
27They all wait for you to give them their food in its season.
28You give to them—they gather it up; you open your hand—they are satisfied with good.
29You hide your face—they are terrified; you take away their breath—they perish and return to their dust.
30You send forth your Spirit—they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
31May the glory of Yahweh endure forever; may Yahweh rejoice in his works.
32He who looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will make music to my God as long as I exist.
34May my meditation be pleasing to him; as for me, I will rejoice in Yahweh.
35May sinners come to an end from the earth, and may the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul! Praise Yah!
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