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you are great indeed!</p> <p class="sl">You are clothed with majesty and splendor,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23104002" class="ver">2</span>robed in light as with a cloak.</p> <p class="sl">You spread out the heavens like a tent;<a id="ren23104002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23104003" class="ver">3</span>setting the beams of your chambers upon the waters.<a id="rfn23104003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23104003-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">You make the clouds your chariot;</p> <p class="sl1">traveling on the wings of the wind.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104004" class="ver">4</span>You make the winds your messengers;</p> <p class="sl1">flaming fire, your ministers.<a id="ren23104004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104004-b">b</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23104005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn23104005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23104005-1">*</a>You fixed the earth on its foundation,</p> <p class="sl1">so it can never be shaken.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104006" class="ver">6</span>The deeps covered it like a garment;</p> <p class="sl1">above the mountains stood the waters.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104007" class="ver">7</span>At your rebuke they took flight;</p> <p class="sl1">at the sound of your thunder they fled.<a id="ren23104007-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104007-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104008" class="ver">8</span>They rushed up the mountains, down the valleys</p> <p class="sl1">to the place you had fixed for them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104009" class="ver">9</span>You set a limit they cannot pass;</p> <p class="sl1">never again will they cover the earth.<a id="ren23104009-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104009-d">d</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23104010" class="ver">10</span>You made springs flow in wadies</p> <p class="sl1">that wind among the mountains.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104011" class="ver">11</span>They give drink to every beast of the field;<a id="ren23104011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104011-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">here wild asses quench their thirst.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104012" class="ver">12</span>Beside them the birds of heaven nest;</p> <p class="sl1">among the branches they sing.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104013" class="ver">13</span>You water the mountains from your chambers;</p> <p class="sl1">from the fruit of your labor the earth abounds.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104014" class="ver">14</span>You make the grass grow for the cattle</p> <p class="sl1">and plants for people’s work</p> <p class="sl1">to bring forth food from the earth,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104015" class="ver">15</span>wine to gladden their hearts,</p> <p class="sl1">oil to make their faces shine,</p> <p class="sl1">and bread to sustain the human heart.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104016" class="ver">16</span><a id="rfn23104016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23104016-1">*</a>The trees of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> drink their fill,</p> <p class="sl1">the cedars of Lebanon, which you planted.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104017" class="ver">17</span>There the birds build their nests;</p> <p class="sl1">the stork in the junipers, its home.<a id="ren23104017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104017-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104018" class="ver">18</span>The high mountains are for wild goats;</p> <p class="sl1">the rocky cliffs, a refuge for badgers.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23104019" class="ver">19</span>You made the moon to mark the seasons,<a id="ren23104019-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104019-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1">the sun that knows the hour of its setting.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104020" class="ver">20</span>You bring darkness and night falls,</p> <p class="sl1">then all the animals of the forest wander about.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104021" class="ver">21</span>Young lions roar for prey;</p> <p class="sl1">they seek their food from God.<a id="ren23104021-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104021-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104022" class="ver">22</span>When the sun rises, they steal away</p> <p class="sl1">and settle down in their dens.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104023" class="ver">23</span>People go out to their work,</p> <p class="sl1">to their labor till evening falls.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">V</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23104024" class="ver">24</span>How varied are your works, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>!</p> <p class="sl1">In wisdom you have made them all;</p> <p class="sl1">the earth is full of your creatures.<a id="ren23104024-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104024-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104025" class="ver">25</span>There is the sea, great and wide!</p> <p class="sl1">It teems with countless beings,</p> <p class="sl1">living things both large and small.<a id="ren23104025-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104025-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104026" class="ver">26</span>There ships ply their course</p> <p class="sl1">and Leviathan,<a id="rfn23104026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23104026-1">*</a> whom you formed to play with.<a id="ren23104026-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104026-k">k</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">VI</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23104027" class="ver">27</span>All of these look to you</p> <p class="sl1">to give them food in due time.<a id="ren23104027-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104027-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104028" class="ver">28</span>When you give it to them, they gather;</p> <p class="sl1">when you open your hand, they are well filled.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104029" class="ver">29</span><a id="rfn23104029-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23104029-1">*</a>When you hide your face, they panic.</p> <p class="sl1">Take away their breath, they perish</p> <p class="sl1">and return to the dust.<a id="ren23104029-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104029-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104030" class="ver">30</span>Send forth your spirit, they are created</p> <p class="sl1">and you renew the face of the earth.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">VII</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23104031" class="ver">31</span>May the glory of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> endure forever;</p> <p class="sl1">may the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> be glad in his works!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104032" class="ver">32</span>Who looks at the earth and it trembles,</p> <p class="sl1">touches the mountains and they smoke!<a id="ren23104032-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104032-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104033" class="ver">33</span>I will sing to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> all my life;</p> <p class="sl1">I will sing praise to my God while I live.<a id="ren23104033-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23104033-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104034" class="ver">34</span>May my meditation be pleasing to him;</p> <p class="sl1">I will rejoice in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23104035" class="ver">35</span>May sinners vanish from the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">and the wicked be no more.</p> <p class="sl">Bless the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, my soul! 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