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Psalm 104 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/103.htm" title="Psalm 103">&#9668;</a> Psalm 104 <a href="../psalms/105.htm" title="Psalm 105">&#9658;</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 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Psalm 104</span></h3><h3><span class="text">God the Creator and Provider</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Bless the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, O my soul.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> my God, you are very great.</span></span><br /><span class="text">You are clothed with honor and majesty,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>wrapped in light as with a garment.</span></span><br /><span class="text">You stretch out the heavens like a tent,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>you set the beams of your<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17645a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> chambers on the waters,</span></span><br /><span class="text">you make the clouds your<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17645b&quot; title=&quot;See footnote b&quot;&gt;b&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> chariot,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">you ride on the wings of the wind,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>you make the winds your<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17646c&quot; title=&quot;See footnote c&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> messengers,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">fire and flame your<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17646d&quot; title=&quot;See footnote d&quot;&gt;d&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> ministers.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>You set the earth on its foundations,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">so that it shall never be shaken.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>You cover it with the deep as with a garment;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the waters stood above the mountains.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>At your rebuke they flee;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">to the place that you appointed for them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>You set a boundary that they may not pass,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">so that they might not again cover the earth.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>You make springs gush forth in the valleys;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">they flow between the hills,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>giving drink to every wild animal;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the wild asses quench their thirst.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>By the streams<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17654e&quot; title=&quot;See footnote e&quot;&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> the birds of the air have their habitation;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">they sing among the branches.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>From your lofty abode you water the mountains;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and plants for people to use,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17656f&quot; title=&quot;See footnote f&quot;&gt;f&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">to bring forth food from the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>and wine to gladden the human heart,</span></span><br /><span class="text">oil to make the face shine,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and bread to strengthen the human heart.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>The trees of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> are watered abundantly,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>In them the birds build their nests;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the stork has its home in the fir trees.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>The high mountains are for the wild goats;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>You have made the moon to mark the seasons;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the sun knows its time for setting.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>You make darkness, and it is night,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>The young lions roar for their prey,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">seeking their food from God.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>When the sun rises, they withdraw</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and lie down in their dens.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>People go out to their work</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and to their labor until the evening.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, how manifold are your works!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">In wisdom you have made them all;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>Yonder is the sea, great and wide,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">creeping things innumerable are there,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">living things both small and great.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>There go the ships,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>These all look to you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">to give them their food in due season;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>when you give to them, they gather it up;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>When you hide your face, they are dismayed;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">when you take away their breath, they die</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and return to their dust.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>When you send forth your spirit,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSVCE-17672g&quot; title=&quot;See footnote g&quot;&gt;g&lt;/a&gt;]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> they are created;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>May the glory of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> endure forever;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">may the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> rejoice in his works&#8212;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>who looks on the earth and it trembles,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">who touches the mountains and they smoke.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>I will sing to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> as long as I live;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">I will sing praise to my God while I have being.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">for I rejoice in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>Let sinners be consumed from the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text">and let the wicked be no more.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Bless the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, O my soul.</span><br /><span class="text">Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:3">Psalm 104:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:3">Psalm 104:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:4">Psalm 104:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:4">Psalm 104:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:12">Psalm 104:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>By them</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:14">Psalm 104:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>to cultivate</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 104:30">Psalm 104:30</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>your breath</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright &copy; 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the 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