Chapter 104

  Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.  

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  Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:  

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  Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:  

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  Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:  

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  Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.  

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  Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.  

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  At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.  

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  They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which thou hast founded for them.  

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

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  He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.  

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  They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.  

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  By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.  

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  He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.  

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  He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;  

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  And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.  

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  The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;  

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  Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.  

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  The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.  

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  He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.  

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  Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.  

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

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  The sun ariseth, they collect, and lay themselves down in their dens.  

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

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  O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.  

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  So is this great and wide sea, in which are creeping animals innumerable, both small and great beasts.  

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  There go the ships: there is that leviathan, which thou hast made to play therein.  

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  These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their food in due season.  

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  That which thou givest them, they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.  

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  Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.  

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  Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.  

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  The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.  

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  He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.  

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

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  My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.  

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

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