Thematic Bible

Psalm 104:1

Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

Psalm 104:2

covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;

Psalm 104:4

he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.

Psalm 104:5

He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.

Psalm 104:6

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

Psalm 104:7

At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.

Psalm 104:8

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.

Psalm 104:9

You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

Psalm 104:10

You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills;

Psalm 104:11

they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psalm 104:12

Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.

Psalm 104:13

From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

Psalm 104:14

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth

Psalm 104:15

and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

Psalm 104:17

In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

Psalm 104:19

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

Psalm 104:20

You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

Psalm 104:22

When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.

Psalm 104:23

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

Psalm 104:24

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 104:25

Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.

Psalm 104:26

There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

Psalm 104:27

These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.

Psalm 104:28

When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

Psalm 104:29

When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

Psalm 104:30

When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

Psalm 104:31

May the glory of the LORDendure forever; may the LORDrejoice in his works,

Psalm 104:32

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

Psalm 104:33

I will sing to the LORDas long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

Psalm 104:35

Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!