Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 104

Let Yahweh! Yahweh my God, you are breathtakingly vast— wrapped in .You wear like a robe, stretching out the like a tent canopy.You lay the beams of your on the waters, you ride the clouds like a chariot, gliding on the .You make the winds your , flames of fire your .He set the earth on its — it will never be shaken loose.You covered it with like a garment— the waters stood above the mountains.At the sound of your , the waters fled— they rushed away at the crash of your voice.Mountains rose, valleys sank down— to the exact places you them.You drew a they cannot cross— they will never flood the earth again.You send flowing into the valleys— they wind their way between the mountains.They give water to every wild animal— the quench their thirst.The nest beside them, singing among the branches.From your upper rooms you water the mountains— the earth is by .You make grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to — bringing food up from the earth. to make the human glad, oil to make the face shine, and bread to give the human heart strength.Yahweh’s trees drink deeply— the that he planted.where the birds build their nests— the makes her home in the cypress trees.The high mountains belong to the wild goats, the rocky cliffs are a for the .He made the moon to mark the — the sun knows exactly when to set.You bring , and it becomes night— when every creature of the forest stirs.The roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.The sun rises, and they slip away, lying down in their dens.Then people go out to their work, to their until evening.Yahweh, what a staggering number of things you’ve made! You crafted every one of them with — the earth is full of .And then there’s — vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond counting, living things both small and enormous.Ships travel across it, and — that creature you shaped just to play in it.Every one of them looks to you to give them their food at the right time.When you give it to them, they gather it up. When you , they are filled with .When you , they panic. When you take away their , they die and return to .When you send out , they are created— and you make new again.May Yahweh’s last forever! May Yahweh in what he has made!He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will to my God .May my be to him— I find all my joy in Yahweh.May vanish from the earth. May the be no more. Let everything inside me ! Praise Yahweh!