The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

¹Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

O Yahweh my God, You are very great;

You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

²Wrapping Yourself with light as with a cloak,

Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

³He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;[#104:3 Lit The one who]

He sets up the clouds to be His chariot;

He walks upon the wings of the wind;

⁴He makes His angels the winds,[#104:4 Lit Who; #104:4 Or messengers]

His ministers flaming fire.

⁵¶He founded the earth upon its place,

So that it will not shake forever and ever.

⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment;

The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷At Your rebuke they fled,

At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.

⁸The mountains went up; the valleys went down

To the place which You founded for them.

⁹You set a boundary that they may not pass over,

So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰¶He sends forth springs in the valleys;[#104:10 Lit The one who sends]

They flow between the mountains;

¹¹They give water to every beast of the field;

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²Above them the birds of the heavens dwell;

They give forth their voices among the branches.

¹³He gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;[#104:13 Lit Who]

The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴¶He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,[#104:14 Lit Who; #104:14 Or beasts]

And vegetation for man’s cultivation,

To bring forth food from the earth,

¹⁵And wine which makes man’s heart glad,

To make his face glisten more than oil,

And food which sustains man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷Where the birds build their nests,

The stork’s home is in the fir trees.

¹⁸¶The high mountains are for the wild goats;

The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.

¹⁹He made the moon for the seasons;

The sun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰You appoint darkness so that it becomes night,

In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

²¹The young lions roar to go after their prey

And to seek their food from God.

²²When the sun rises they gather together

And lie down in their dens.

²³Man goes forth to his work

And to his labor until evening.

²⁴¶How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh!

In wisdom You have made them all;

The earth is full of Your possessions.

²⁵This is the sea, great and broad,[#104:25 Or broad of dimensions ; lit broad of hands]

There the creeping things are without number,

Creatures both small and great.

²⁶There the ships move along,

And Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.

²⁷¶They all wait for You

To give them their food in due season.

²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;

You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹You hide Your face, they are dismayed;

You take away their spirit, they breathe their last

And return to their dust.

³⁰You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;[#104:30 Or breath]

And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹¶Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever;

Let Yahweh be glad in His works;

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles;[#104:32 Lit The one who]

He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life;[#104:33 Or Let me sing]

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴Let my musing be pleasing to Him;

As for me, I shall be glad in Yahweh.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed from the earth

And let the wicked be no more.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul.

Praise Yah!