1 B less Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

2 H e covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

3 H e lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

4 H e makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.

5 H e laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

6 Y ou covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

7 A t your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

8 T he mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

9 Y ou have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.

10 H e sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

11 T hey give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 T he birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

13 H e waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

14 H e causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

15 w ine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

16 Y ahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;

17 w here the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.

18 T he high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

19 H e appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

20 Y ou make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

21 T he young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

22 T he sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.

23 M an goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.

24 Y ahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

25 T here is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

26 T here the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

27 T hese all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

28 Y ou give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

29 Y ou hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

30 Y ou send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

31 L et Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.

32 H e looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

34 L et your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

35 L et sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!