Psalm 104-105

New International Version

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(B)

² The Lord wraps^(C) himself in light^(D) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(E) out the heavens^(F) like a tent^(G)
3     and lays the beams^(H) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(I)
He makes the clouds^(J) his chariot^(K)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(L)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[a](M)
    flames of fire^(N) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(O) on its foundations;^(P)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(Q) with the watery depths^(R) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(S) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(T) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(U) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(V) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(W) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ He makes springs^(X) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹ They give water^(Y) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(Z) quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky^(AA) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(AB)
13 He waters the mountains^(AC) from his upper chambers;^(AD)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(AE)
14 He makes grass grow^(AF) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(AG) from the earth:
¹⁵ wine^(AH) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(AI) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(AJ) their hearts.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord^(AK) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(AL) that he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds^(AM) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(AN)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(AO)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(AP)
    and the sun^(AQ) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(AR) it becomes night,^(AS)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(AT) prowl.
²¹ The lions roar for their prey^(AU)
    and seek their food from God.^(AV)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.^(AW)
23 Then people go out to their work,^(AX)
    to their labor until evening.^(AY)

²⁴ How many are your works,^(AZ) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(BA) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(BB)
25 There is the sea,^(BC) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(BD)
26 There the ships^(BE) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(BF) which you formed to frolic^(BG) there.^(BH)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(BI) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(BJ) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(BK)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(BL)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(BM)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord^(BN) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works^(BO)—
³² he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(BP)
    who touches the mountains,^(BQ) and they smoke.^(BR)

³³ I will sing^(BS) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(BT) in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(BU) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(BV)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[b](BW)

⁵ Remember the wonders^(CF) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(CG)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(CH)
    his chosen^(CI) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(CJ) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,^(CK)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(CL) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(CM)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan^(CN)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(CO)

¹² When they were but few in number,^(CP)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(CQ)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,^(CR)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(CS) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(CT)
15 “Do not touch^(CU) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(CV) no harm.”

¹⁶ He called down famine^(CW) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(CX)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(CY)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(CZ) came to pass,
    till the word^(DA) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(DB)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(DC) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(DD)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(DE)
    Jacob resided^(DF) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(DG)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(DH) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(DI) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(DJ) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(DK) his servant,
    and Aaron,^(DL) whom he had chosen.^(DM)
27 They performed^(DN) his signs^(DO) among them,
    his wonders^(DP) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(DQ) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against^(DR) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(DS)
    causing their fish to die.^(DT)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(DU)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(DV) and there came swarms of flies,^(DW)
    and gnats^(DX) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(DY)
    with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(DZ) and fig trees^(EA)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(EB) and the locusts came,^(EC)
    grasshoppers^(ED) without number;^(EE)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(EF) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.
³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(EG)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel^(EH) had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud^(EI) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(EJ)
40 They asked,^(EK) and he brought them quail;^(EL)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(EM)
41 He opened the rock,^(EN) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise^(EO)
    given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³ He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(EP)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴ he gave them the lands of the nations,^(EQ)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(ER) for—
⁴⁵ that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.^(ES)

Praise the Lord.^[c](ET)