Psalm 104:1-18

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.^(G)
6 You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the water stood above the mountains.^(H)
7 At your rebuke the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder they hurried away^(I)—
⁸ mountains rose and valleys sank^[b]—
to the place you established for them.^(J)
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.^(K)

¹⁰ He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.^(L)
11 They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.^(M)
12 The birds of the sky live beside the springs;
they make their voices heard among the foliage.^(N)
13 He waters the mountains from his palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.^(O)

¹⁴ He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,^(P)
15 wine that makes human hearts glad—
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains human hearts.^(Q)

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord flourish,^[c]
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.^(R)
17 There the birds make their nests;
storks make their homes in the pine trees.^(S)
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.^(T)