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How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!

¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed in splendor and majesty.² He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,³ laying the beams of His chambers on the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.⁴ He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants^(a).⁵ He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.⁶ You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.⁷ At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—⁸ the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You appointed for them—⁹ You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.¹² The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.¹³ He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.¹⁴ He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:¹⁵ wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.¹⁶ The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,¹⁷ where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the pines.¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the coneys.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.²⁰ You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.²¹ The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.²² The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.²³ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.²⁴ How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.²⁵ Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.²⁶ There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.²⁷ All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.²⁸ When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.²⁹ When You hide Your face, they panic; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.³⁰ When You send Your Spirit^(a), they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.³² He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.^{35 (a)}May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!