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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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/104.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Let all that I am praise the LORD.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">O LORD my God, how great you are!</p><p class="line2">You are robed with honor and majesty.</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You are dressed in a robe of light.</p><p class="line1">You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.</p><p class="line1">You make the clouds your chariot;</p><p class="line2">you ride upon the wings of the wind.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The winds are your messengers;</p><p class="line2">flames of fire are your servants.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You placed the world on its foundation</p><p class="line2">so it would never be moved.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You clothed the earth with floods of water,</p><p class="line2">water that covered even the mountains.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>At your command, the water fled;</p><p class="line2">at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Mountains rose and valleys sank</p><p class="line2">to the levels you decreed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then you set a firm boundary for the seas,</p><p class="line2">so they would never again cover the earth.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You make springs pour water into the ravines,</p><p class="line2">so streams gush down from the mountains.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They provide water for all the animals,</p><p class="line2">and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The birds nest beside the streams</p><p class="line2">and sing among the branches of the trees.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home,</p><p class="line2">and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You cause grass to grow for the livestock</p><p class="line2">and plants for people to use.</p><p class="line1">You allow them to produce food from the earth—</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>wine to make them glad,</p><p class="line1">olive oil to soothe their skin,</p><p class="line2">and bread to give them strength.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The trees of the LORD are well cared for—</p><p class="line2">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>There the birds make their nests,</p><p class="line2">and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>High in the mountains live the wild goats,</p><p class="line2">and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You made the moon to mark the seasons,</p><p class="line2">and the sun knows when to set.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You send the darkness, and it becomes night,</p><p class="line2">when all the forest animals prowl about.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the young lions roar for their prey,</p><p class="line2">stalking the food provided by God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>At dawn they slink back</p><p class="line2">into their dens to rest.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then people go off to their work,</p><p class="line2">where they labor until evening.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>O LORD, what a variety of things you have made!</p><p class="line2">In wisdom you have made them all.</p><p class="line2">The earth is full of your creatures.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Here is the ocean, vast and wide,</p><p class="line2">teeming with life of every kind,</p><p class="line2">both large and small.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>See the ships sailing along,</p><p class="line2">and Leviathan,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> which you made to play in the sea.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They all depend on you</p><p class="line2">to give them food as they need it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When you supply it, they gather it.</p><p class="line2">You open your hand to feed them,</p><p class="line2">and they are richly satisfied.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But if you turn away from them, they panic.</p><p class="line2">When you take away their breath,</p><p class="line2">they die and turn again to dust.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>When you give them your breath,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> life is created,</p><p class="line2">and you renew the face of the earth.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>May the glory of the LORD continue forever!</p><p class="line2">The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The earth trembles at his glance;</p><p class="line2">the mountains smoke at his touch.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.</p><p class="line2">I will praise my God to my last breath!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,</p><p class="line2">for I rejoice in the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/104-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;</p><p class="line2">let the wicked disappear forever.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Let all that I am praise the LORD.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Praise the LORD!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">104:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">He sends his angels like the winds, / his servants like flames of fire.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Heb 1:7.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">104:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">coneys,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">rock badgers.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">104:26 </span><span class="ft">The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">104:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">When you send your Spirit.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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