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href="../psalms/103.htm" title="Psalm 103">◄</a> Psalm 104 <a href="../psalms/105.htm" title="Psalm 105">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/104.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> My God, You Are Very Great</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O my soul!</span><br /><span class="indent">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, you are very great!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">You are clothed with splendor and majesty,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="indent">covering yourself with light as with a garment,</span><br /><span class="indent">stretching out the heavens like a tent.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he makes the clouds his chariot;</span><br /><span class="indent">he rides on the wings of the wind;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">he makes his messengers winds,</span><br /><span class="indent">his ministers a flaming fire.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He set the earth on its foundations,</span><br /><span class="indent">so that it should never be moved.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You covered it with the deep as with a garment;</span><br /><span class="indent">the waters stood above the mountains.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">At your rebuke they fled;</span><br /><span class="indent">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The mountains rose, the valleys sank down</span><br /><span class="indent">to the place that you appointed for them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You set a boundary that they may not pass,</span><br /><span class="indent">so that they might not again cover the earth.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You make springs gush forth in the valleys;</span><br /><span class="indent">they flow between the hills;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">they give drink to every beast of the field;</span><br /><span class="indent">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;</span><br /><span class="indent">they sing among the branches.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">From your lofty abode you water the mountains;</span><br /><span class="indent">the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You cause the grass to grow for the livestock</span><br /><span class="indent">and plants for man to cultivate,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that he may bring forth food from the earth</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="indent">and wine to gladden the heart of man,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">oil to make his face shine</span><br /><span class="indent">and bread to strengthen man’s heart.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The trees of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> are watered abundantly,</span><br /><span class="indent">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In them the birds build their nests;</span><br /><span class="indent">the stork has her home in the fir trees.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The high mountains are for the wild goats;</span><br /><span class="indent">the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He made the moon to mark the seasons;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">the sun knows its time for setting.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You make darkness, and it is night,</span><br /><span class="indent">when all the beasts of the forest creep about.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The young lions roar for their prey,</span><br /><span class="indent">seeking their food from God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When the sun rises, they steal away</span><br /><span class="indent">and lie down in their dens.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Man goes out to his work</span><br /><span class="indent">and to his labor until the evening.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, how manifold are your works!</span><br /><span class="indent">In wisdom have you made them all;</span><br /><span class="indent">the earth is full of your creatures.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Here is the sea, great and wide,</span><br /><span class="indent">which teems with creatures innumerable,</span><br /><span class="indent">living things both small and great.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">There go the ships,</span><br /><span class="indent">and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or you formed to play with">b</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">These all look to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">to give them their food in due season.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When you give it to them, they gather it up;</span><br /><span class="indent">when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When you hide your face, they are dismayed;</span><br /><span class="indent">when you take away their breath, they die</span><br /><span class="indent">and return to their dust.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When you send forth your Spirit,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or breath">c</a></sup></span> they are created,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> endure forever;</span><br /><span class="indent">may the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> rejoice in his works,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who looks on the earth and it trembles,</span><br /><span class="indent">who touches the mountains and they smoke!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will sing to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> as long as I live;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will sing praise to my God while I have being.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span><br /><span class="indent">for I rejoice in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let sinners be consumed from the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let the wicked be no more!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O my soul!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> appointed times</i> (compare Genesis 1:14)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">you formed to play</span> with</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Or <i>breath</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV 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