• The Lord’s Care over All His Works.

  • 1 Bless the Lord, my soul! Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
  • 2 Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
  • 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks on the wings of the wind;
  • 4 He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
  • 5 He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.
  • 6 You covered it with the deep sea as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
  • 7 They fled from Your rebuke, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
  • 8 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
  • 9 You set a boundary so that they will 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 drink to every animal of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
  • 12 The birds of the sky dwell beside them; They lift up their voices from among the branches.
  • 13 He waters 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 the labor of mankind, So that they may produce food from the earth,
  • 15 And wine, which makes a human heart cheerful, So that he makes his face gleam with oil, And food, which sustains a human heart.
  • 16 The trees of the Lord drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
  • 17 Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the juniper trees.
  • 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock hyrax.
  • 19 He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
  • 20 You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl about.
  • 21 The young lions roar for their prey And seek their food from God.
  • 22 When the sun rises they withdraw, And they lie down in their dens.
  • 23 A person goes out to his work And to his labor until evening.
  • 24 Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
  • 25 There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great.
  • 26 The ships move along there, And Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun 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 terrified; You take away their breath, they perish And return to their dust.
  • 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.
  • 31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; May the Lord rejoice in His works;
  • 32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
  • 33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
  • 34 May my praise be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall rejoice in the Lord.
  • 35 May sinners be removed from the earth And may the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord!