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The LORD'S Care over All His Works.

^1 (C1)Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, You are very great;
You are ^(C2)clothed with splendor and majesty,

² You are the One who covers Yourself with ^(C1)light as with a garment,
Who ^(C2)stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,

³ Who ^(C1)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters above the firmament,
Who makes the ^(C2)clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the ^(C3)wings of the wind,

⁴ Who makes ^(C1)winds His messengers,
Flames of ^(C2)fire His ministers. ^(VR1)

⁵ He ^(C1)established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever. ^(VR1)

⁶ You ^(C1)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains. ^(VR1)

⁷ At Your ^(C1)rebuke they fled;
At the ^(C2)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
To the ^(C1)place which You established for them.

⁹ You set a ^(C1)boundary for the waters that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰ You send ^(C1)springs into the valleys;
Their waters flow among the mountains.

¹¹ They ^(C1)give drink to every beast of the field;
The ^(C2)wild donkeys quench their thirst there.

¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens have their ^(C1)nests;
They lift up their voices and sing among the branches. ^(VR1)

¹³ He ^(C1)waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
^(C2)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴ He causes ^(C1)grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth ^(C2)produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food ^(C3)from the earth—

¹⁵ And ^(C1)wine which makes the heart of man glad,
^(C2)So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
And bread to ^(C3)sustain and strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the LORD drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,

¹⁷ Where the ^(C1)birds make their nests;
As for the ^(C2)stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the ^(C1)wild goats;
The ^(C2)rocks are a refuge for the ^(F1)(C3)shephanim.

¹⁹ He made the moon ^(C1)for the seasons;
The ^(C2)sun knows the exact place of its setting.

²⁰ You O LORD ^(C1)make darkness and it becomes night,
In which prowls about every wild ^(C2)beast of the forest.

²¹ The ^(C1)young lions roar after their prey
And ^(C2)seek their food from God.

²² When the sun arises, they withdraw
And lie down in their ^(C1)dens.

²³ Man goes out to ^(C1)his work
And remains at his labor until evening.

²⁴ O LORD, how ^(C1)many and varied are Your works!
In ^(C2)wisdom You have made them all;
The ^(C3)earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.

²⁵ There is the ^(C1)sea, great and broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Creatures both small and great.

²⁶ There the ^(C1)ships of the sea sail,
And ^(C2)Leviathan the sea monster, which You have formed to play there.

²⁷ They all ^(C1)wait for You
To ^(C2)give them their food in its appointed season.

²⁸ You give it to them, they gather it up;
You ^(C1)open Your hand, they are filled and satisfied with good things.

²⁹ You ^(C1)hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You ^(C2)take away their breath, they die
And ^(C3)return to their dust.

³⁰ You send out Your ^(C1)Spirit, they are created;
You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the ^(C1)glory of the LORD endure forever;
May the LORD ^(C2)rejoice and be glad in His works—

³² He ^(C1)looks at the earth, and it ^(C2)trembles;
He ^(C3)touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing to the LORD ^(C1)as long as I live;
I will ^(C2)sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴ May my ^(C1)meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him;
As for me, I will ^(C2)rejoice and be glad in the LORD.

³⁵ Let sinners be ^(C1)consumed from the earth,
And let the ^(C2)wicked be no more.
^(C3)Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul.
^(C4)Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)