Thematic Bible

Psalm 104:1

Bless LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou are very great. Thou are clothed with honor and majesty,

Psalm 104:2

who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

Psalm 104:3

who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,

Psalm 104:4

who makes his [heavenly] agents spirits, his ministers a flame of fire,

Psalm 104:5

who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.

Psalm 104:6

Thou covered it with the deep as with a vesture. The waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 104:7

At thy rebuke they fled. At the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.

Psalm 104:8

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou had founded for them.

Psalm 104:9

Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psalm 104:10

He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

Psalm 104:11

They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psalm 104:12

By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.

Psalm 104:13

He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

Psalm 104:14

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

Psalm 104:15

and wine that makes glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of LORD are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,

Psalm 104:17

where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

Psalm 104:19

He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down.

Psalm 104:20

Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

Psalm 104:21

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

Psalm 104:22

The sun arises; they get away, and lay down in their dens.

Psalm 104:23

Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.

Psalm 104:24

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches.

Psalm 104:25

Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.

Psalm 104:26

There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it.

Psalm 104:27

These all wait for thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.

Psalm 104:28

Thou give to them, they gather. Thou open thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

Psalm 104:29

Thou hide thy face, they are troubled. Thou take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Psalm 104:30

Thou send forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renew the face of the ground.

Psalm 104:31

Let the glory of LORD endure forever. Let LORD rejoice in his works,

Psalm 104:32

who looks on the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

Psalm 104:33

I will sing to LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

Psalm 104:34

Let thy meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in LORD.

Psalm 104:35

Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless LORD, O my soul. Praise ye LORD.