• The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

  • 1 Bless Yahweh, O my soul! O Yahweh my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
  • 2 Wrapping Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
  • 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He sets up the clouds to be His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
  • 4 He makes His angels the winds, His ministers flaming fire.
  • 5 He founded the earth upon its place, So that it will not shake forever and ever.
  • 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
  • 7 At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.
  • 8 The mountains went up; the valleys went down To the place which You founded for them.
  • 9 You 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; They flow between the mountains;
  • 11 They give water to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
  • 12 Above them the birds of the heavens dwell; They give forth their voices among the branches.
  • 13 He gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
  • 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for man’s cultivation, To bring forth food from the earth,
  • 15 And wine which makes man’s heart glad, To make his face glisten more than oil, And food which sustains man’s heart.
  • 16 The trees of Yahweh are satisfied, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
  • 17 Where 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.
  • 19 He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
  • 20 You appoint darkness so that it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
  • 21 The young lions roar to go after their prey And to seek their food from God.
  • 22 When the sun rises they gather together And lie down in their dens.
  • 23 Man 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.
  • 25 This is the sea, great and broad, There the creeping things are without number, Creatures both small and great.
  • 26 There 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.
  • 28 You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
  • 29 You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they breathe their last And return to their dust.
  • 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.
  • 31 Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever; Let Yahweh be glad in His works;
  • 32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
  • 33 I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
  • 34 Let my musing be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in Yahweh.
  • 35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah!