Psa 104 | HCSB | STEP | My soul , praise Yahweh ! Lord my God , You are very great ; You are clothed with majesty and splendor .

‏ Psalms 104

God the Creator

1 My soul, praise ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor. ^b
2 He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy, ^c
3 laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above, ^d
making the clouds His chariot, ^e
walking on the wings of the wind, ^f
4 and making the winds His messengers, ^{▼▼Or angels}
flames of fire His servants. ^h

5 He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken. ⁱ
6 You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains. ^j
7 At Your rebuke the waters fled;
at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away ^k –
8 mountains rose and valleys sank ^{▼▼Or away. They flowed over the mountains and went down valleys} –
to the place You established for them. ^m
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again. ⁿ

10 He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains. ^o
11 They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ^p
12 The birds of the sky live beside the springs;
they sing among the foliage. ^q
13 He waters the mountains from His palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor. ^r

14 He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth, ^s
15 wine that makes man’s heart glad –
making his face shine with oil –
and bread that sustains man’s heart. ^t

16 The trees of the Lord flourish, ^{▼▼Lit are satisfied}
the cedars of Lebanon that He planted. ^v
17 There the birds make their nests;
the stork makes its home in the pine trees. ^w
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes. ^x

19 He made the moon to mark the ^{▼▼Lit moon for} festivals; ^{▼▼Or the appointed times}
the sun knows when to set. ^aa
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir. ^ab
21 The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God. ^ac
22 The sun rises; they go back
and lie down in their dens. ^ad
23 Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening. ^ae

24 How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures. ^{▼▼Lit possessions
,} ^ag
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number –
living things both large and small. ^ah
26 There the ships move about,
and ^{▼▼Leviathan: Or twisting one; a mythological sea serpent or dragon associated with the chaos at creation. Sometimes it is applied to an animal such as a crocodile.}Leviathan, which You formed to play there. ^aj

27 All of them wait for You
to give them their food at the right time. ^ak
28 When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things. ^al
29 When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust. ^am
30 When You send Your breath, ^{▼▼Or Spirit}
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth. ^ao

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works. ^ap
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke. ^aq
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live. ^ar
34 May my meditation be pleasing to Him;
I will rejoice in the Lord. ^as
35 May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more. ^at
My soul, praise Yahweh!
^{▼▼Hallelujah!: Or Praise the Lord!; it literally means Praise Yah! (a shortened form of Yahweh)}Hallelujah!