Thematic Bible

Psalm 104:1

My soul, praise Yahweh!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

Psalm 104:2

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

Psalm 104:3

laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,

Psalm 104:4

and making the winds His messengers,
flames of fire His servants.

Psalm 104:5

He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 104:7

At Your rebuke the waters fled;
at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away

Psalm 104:8

mountains rose and valleys sank
to the place You established for them.

Psalm 104:9

You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.

Psalm 104:10

He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.

Psalm 104:11

They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psalm 104:12

The birds of the sky live beside the springs;
they sing among the foliage.

Psalm 104:13

He waters the mountains from His palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.

Psalm 104:14

He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,

Psalm 104:15

wine that makes man’s heart glad—
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains man’s heart.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of the Lord flourish,
the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.

Psalm 104:17

There the birds make their nests;
the stork makes its home in the pine trees.

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.

Psalm 104:19

He made the moon to mark the festivals;
the sun knows when to set.

Psalm 104:20

You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.

Psalm 104:22

The sun rises; they go back
and lie down in their dens.

Psalm 104:23

Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.

Psalm 104:24

How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.

Psalm 104:25

Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.

Psalm 104:26

There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

Psalm 104:27

All of them wait for You
to give them their food at the right time.

Psalm 104:28

When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.

Psalm 104:29

When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.

Psalm 104:30

When You send Your breath,
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.

Psalm 104:31

May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works.

Psalm 104:32

He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.

Psalm 104:33

I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be pleasing to Him;
I will rejoice in the Lord.

Psalm 104:35

May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, praise Yahweh!
Hallelujah!