Psalms

¹To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty; ↗

²you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent. ↗

³You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds. ↗

⁴You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire. ↗

⁵You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age. ↗

⁶The abyss, like a garment, is its clothing. The waters will remain standing above the mountains. ↗

⁷At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread. ↗

⁸The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them. ↗

⁹You have set a limit that they will not cross. And they will not return to cover the earth. ↗

¹⁰You spring forth fountains in steep valleys. The waters will cross through the midst of the mountains. ↗

¹¹All the wild beasts of the field will drink. The wild donkeys will anticipate in their thirst. ↗

¹²Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices. ↗

¹³You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works, ↗

¹⁴producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth, ↗

¹⁵and 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. ↗

¹⁶The trees of the field will be saturated, along with the cedars of Lebanon, which he planted. ↗

¹⁷There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron. ↗

¹⁸The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog. ↗

¹⁹He has made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting. ↗

²⁰You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it. ↗

²¹The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God. ↗

²²The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together. ↗

²³Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening. ↗

²⁴How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions. ↗

²⁵This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great. ↗

²⁶There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them. ↗

²⁷All these expect you to give them food in due time. ↗

²⁸What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness. ↗

²⁹But 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. ↗

³⁰You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth. ↗

³¹May the glory of the Lord be for all ages. The Lord will rejoice in his works. ↗

³²He considers the earth, and he makes it tremble. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ↗

³³I will sing to the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God, as long as I am. ↗

³⁴May my speech be pleasing to him. Truly, I will take delight in the Lord. ↗

³⁵Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul. ↗