Psalms Chapter 104 Darby English Bible

Psalms 104:1

Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour;

Psalms 104:2

Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; --

Psalms 104:3

Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

Psalms 104:4

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.

Psalms 104:5

He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.

Psalms 104:6

Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:

Psalms 104:7

At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; --

Psalms 104:8

The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; --

Psalms 104:9

Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psalms 104:10

He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;

Psalms 104:11

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.

Psalms 104:12

The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.

Psalms 104:13

He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

Psalms 104:14

He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,

Psalms 104:15

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making [his] face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.

Psalms 104:16

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,

Psalms 104:17

Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house.

Psalms 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.

Psalms 104:19

He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.

Psalms 104:20

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from ùGod.

Psalms 104:22

The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.

Psalms 104:23

Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.

Psalms 104:24

How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Psalms 104:25

Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.

Psalms 104:26

There go the ships; [there] that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.

Psalms 104:27

These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:

Psalms 104:28

That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.

Psalms 104:29

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.

Psalms 104:30

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Psalms 104:31

The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.

Psalms 104:32

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

Psalms 104:33

I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.

Psalms 104:34

My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.

Psalms 104:35

Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah!