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name="4"></a><a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">3</a>laying the beams of his palaceon the waters above,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.3.1">a</a>making the clouds his chariot,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.3.2">b</a>walking on the wings of the wind,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.3.3">c</a> <A name="5"></a><a href="/psalms/104-4.htm">4</a>and making the winds his messengers,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.4.1">A</a>flames of fire his servants.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.4.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="6"></a><a href="/psalms/104-5.htm">5</a>He established the earth on its foundations;it will never be shaken.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.5.1">a</a> <A name="7"></a><a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">6</a>You covered it with the deepas if it were a garment;the water stood above the mountains.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.6.1">a</a> <A name="8"></a><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">7</a>At your rebuke the water fled;at the sound of your thunder they hurried away<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.7.1">a</a> — <A name="9"></a><a href="/psalms/104-8.htm">8</a>mountains rose and valleys sank<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.8.1">A</a> —to the place you established for them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.8.1">a</a> <A name="10"></a><a href="/psalms/104-9.htm">9</a>You set a boundary they cannot cross;they will never cover the earth again.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.9.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="11"></a><a href="/psalms/104-10.htm">10</a>He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;they flow between the mountains.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.10.1">a</a> <A name="12"></a><a href="/psalms/104-11.htm">11</a>They supply water for every wild beast;the wild donkeys quench their thirst.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.11.1">a</a> <A name="13"></a><a href="/psalms/104-12.htm">12</a>The birds of the sky live beside the springs;they make their voices heard among the foliage.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.12.1">a</a> <A name="14"></a><a href="/psalms/104-13.htm">13</a>He waters the mountains from his palace;the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.13.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="15"></a><a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">14</a>He causes grass to grow for the livestockand provides crops for man to cultivate,producing food from the earth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.14.1">a</a> <A name="16"></a><a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">15</a>wine that makes human hearts glad —making his face shine with oil —and bread that sustains human hearts.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.15.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="17"></a><a href="/psalms/104-16.htm">16</a>The trees of the Lord flourish,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.16.1">A</a>the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.16.1">a</a> <A name="18"></a><a href="/psalms/104-17.htm">17</a>There the birds make their nests;storks make their homes in the pine trees.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.17.1">a</a> <A name="19"></a><a href="/psalms/104-18.htm">18</a>The high mountains are for the wild goats;the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.18.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="20"></a><a href="/psalms/104-19.htm">19</a>He made the moon to mark the<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.19.1">A</a> festivals;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.19.2">B</a>the sun knows when to set.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.19.1">a</a> <A name="21"></a><a href="/psalms/104-20.htm">20</a>You bring darkness, and it becomes night,when all the forest animals stir.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.20.1">a</a> <A name="22"></a><a href="/psalms/104-21.htm">21</a>The young lions roar for their preyand seek their food from God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.21.1">a</a> <A name="23"></a><a href="/psalms/104-22.htm">22</a>The sun rises; they go backand lie down in their dens.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.22.1">a</a> <A name="24"></a><a href="/psalms/104-23.htm">23</a>Man goes out to his workand to his labor until evening.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.23.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="25"></a><a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">24</a>How countless are your works, Lord!In wisdom you have made them all;the earth is full of your creatures.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.24.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.24.1">a</a> <A name="26"></a><a href="/psalms/104-25.htm">25</a>Here is the sea, vast and wide,teeming with creatures beyond number —living things both large and small.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.25.1">a</a> <A name="27"></a><a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">26</a>There the ships move about,and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.26.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="28"></a><a href="/psalms/104-27.htm">27</a>All of them wait for youto give them their food at the right time.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.27.1">a</a> <A name="29"></a><a href="/psalms/104-28.htm">28</a>When you give it to them,they gather it;when you open your hand,they are satisfied with good things.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.28.1">a</a> <A name="30"></a><a href="/psalms/104-29.htm">29</a>When you hide your face,they are terrified;when you take away their breath,they die and return to the dust.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.29.1">a</a> <A name="31"></a><a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">30</a>When you send your breath,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.104.30.1">A</a>they are created,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.30.1">a</a>and you renew the surface of the ground.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.30.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="32"></a><a href="/psalms/104-31.htm">31</a>May the glory of the Lord endure forever;may the Lord rejoice in his works.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.31.1">a</a> <A name="33"></a><a href="/psalms/104-32.htm">32</a>He looks at the earth, and it trembles;he touches the mountains,and they pour out smoke.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.32.1">a</a> <A name="34"></a><a href="/psalms/104-33.htm">33</a>I will sing to the Lord all my life;I will sing praise to my God while I live.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.33.1">a</a> <A name="35"></a><a href="/psalms/104-34.htm">34</a>May my meditation be pleasing to him;I will rejoice in the Lord.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.34.1">a</a> <A name=""></a><a href="/psalms/104-35.htm">35</a>May sinners vanish from the earthand wicked people be no more.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.104.35.1">a</a>My soul, bless the Lord!Hallelujah!</blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Psalms.104" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.4.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.4">104:4</a> Or angels</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.8.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.7">104:7-8</a> Or away. They flowed over the mountains and went down valleys</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.16.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.16">104:16</a> Lit are satisfied</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.19.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.19">104:19</a> Lit moon for</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.19.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.19">104:19</a> Or the appointed times</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.24.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.24">104:24</a> Lit possessions</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.104.30.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.30">104:30</a> Or Spirit</aside> <section id="cross-references-Psalms.104" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.1.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.1">104:1</a> Ps 93:1; 103:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.2.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.2">104:2</a> Jb 9:8; Is 40:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.3.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.3">104:3</a> Am 9:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.3.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.3">104:3</a> Is 19:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.3.3"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.3">104:3</a> Ps 18:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.4.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.4">104:4</a> Ps 148:8; Heb 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.5.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.5">104:5</a> Jb 38:4; Ps 24:2; 93:1; 96:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.6.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.6">104:6</a> Gn 7:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.7.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.7">104:7</a> Ps 18:15; 106:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.8.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.8">104:8</a> Ps 65:6; Am 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.9.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.9">104:9</a> Jb 26:10; 38:10–11; Jr 5:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.10.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.10">104:10</a> Ps 107:35; Is 41:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.11.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.11">104:11</a> Jb 39:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.12.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.12">104:12</a> Mt 8:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.13.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.13">104:13</a> Jb 5:10; Ps 65:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.14.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.14">104:14</a> Jb 28:5; Ps 147:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.15.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.15">104:15</a> Gn 18:5; Ps 141:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.16.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.16">104:16</a> Nm 24:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.17.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.17">104:17</a> Lv 11:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.18.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.18">104:18</a> Lv 11:5; Pr 30:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.19.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.19">104:19</a> Gn 1:14; Ps 19:6; 74:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.20.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.20">104:20</a> Is 45:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.21.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.21">104:21</a> Jb 38:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.22.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.22">104:22</a> Jb 37:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.23.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.23">104:23</a> Gn 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.24.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.24">104:24</a> Pr 3:19; Jr 10:12; 51:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.25.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.25">104:25</a> Gn 1:21; Ps 69:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.26.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.26">104:26</a> Jb 41:1; Ps 74:14; Is 27:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.27.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.27">104:27</a> Gn 1:30; Ps 136:25; 145:15; 147:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.28.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.28">104:28</a> Ps 145:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.29.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.29">104:29</a> Jb 10:9; Ps 90:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.30.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.30">104:30</a> Gn 2:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.30.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.30">104:30</a> Jb 33:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.31.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.31">104:31</a> Ps 72:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.32.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.32">104:32</a> Ex 19:18; Ps 144:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.33.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.33">104:33</a> Ps 63:4; 146:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.34.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.34">104:34</a> Ps 19:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.104.35.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.104.35">104:35</a> Ps 37:10; 59:13</aside> <section id="study-notes-Psalms.104" class="snSection"> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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