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¹ I praise you, Lord God,
    with all my heart.
You are glorious and majestic,
dressed in royal robes
²     and surrounded by light.
You spread out the sky
    like a tent,
³     and you built your home
    over the mighty ocean.
The clouds are your chariot
    with the wind as its wings.
⁴ The winds are your messengers,
    and flames of fire
    are your servants.

⁵ You built foundations
for the earth,
    and it
    will never be shaken.
⁶ You covered the earth
with the ocean
    that rose
    above the mountains.
⁷ Then your voice thundered!
And the water flowed
⁸     down the mountains
    and through the valleys
    to the place you prepared.
⁹ Now you have set boundaries,
    so that the water will never
    flood the earth again.

¹⁰ You provide streams of water
    in the hills and valleys,
¹¹ so that the donkeys
and other wild animals
    can satisfy their thirst.
¹² Birds build their nests nearby
    and sing in the trees.
¹³ From your home above
you send rain on the hills
    and water the earth.
¹⁴ You let the earth produce
    grass for cattle,
    plants for our food,
¹⁵     wine to cheer us up,
    olive oil for our skin,
    and grain for our health.

¹⁶ Our Lord, your trees
    always have water,
    and so do the cedars
    you planted in Lebanon.
¹⁷ Birds nest in those trees,
    and storks make their home
    in the fir trees.
¹⁸ Wild goats find a home
    in the tall mountains,
    and small animals can hide
    between the rocks.

¹⁹ You created the moon
    to tell us the seasons.
The sun knows when to set,
²⁰     and you made the darkness,
    so the animals in the forest
    could come out at night.
²¹ Lions roar as they hunt
    for the food you provide.
²² But when morning comes,
    they return to their dens,
²³     then we go out to work
    until the end of day.

²⁴ Our Lord, by your wisdom
    you made so many things;
    the whole earth is covered
    with your living creatures.
²⁵ But what about the ocean
    so big and wide?
    It is alive with creatures,
    large and small.
²⁶ And there are the ships,
    as well as Leviathan,^[a]
    the monster you created
    to splash in the sea.

²⁷ All of these depend on you
    to provide them with food,
²⁸ and you feed each one
with your own hand,
    until they are full.
²⁹ But when you turn away,
    they are terrified;
    when you end their life,
    they die and rot.
³⁰ You created all of them
    by your Spirit,
    and you give new life
    to the earth.

³¹ Our Lord, we pray
that your glory
    will last forever
and that you will be pleased
    with what you have done.
³² You look at the earth,
    and it trembles.
    You touch the mountains,
    and smoke goes up.
³³ As long as I live,
    I will sing and praise you,
    the Lord God.
³⁴ I hope my thoughts
    will please you,
    because you are the one
    who makes me glad.

³⁵ Destroy all wicked sinners
from the earth
    once and for all.
With all my heart
I praise you, Lord!
    I praise you!