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# Psalm 104
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1. Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
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2. covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
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3. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
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4. he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
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5. He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
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6. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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7. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
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8. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
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9. You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
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10. You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills;
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11. they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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12. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.
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13. From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
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14. You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
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15. and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen mans heart.
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16. The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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17. In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
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18. The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
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19. He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
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20. You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
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21. The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
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22. When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.
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23. Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.
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24. O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
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25. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
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26. There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
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27. These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
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28. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
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29. When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
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30. When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
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31. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works,
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32. who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
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33. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
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34. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
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35. Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
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