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¹ Bless Adonai, my soul!
Adonai, my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with glory and majesty,
² wrapped in light as with a robe.
You spread out the heavens like a curtain,
³ you laid the beams of your palace on the water.
You make the clouds your chariot,
you ride on the wings of the wind.
⁴ You make winds your messengers,
fiery flames your servants.

⁵ You fixed 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 they fled;
at the sound of your thunder they rushed away,
⁸ flowing over hills, pouring into valleys,
down to the place you had fixed for them.
⁹ You determined a boundary they could not cross;
they were never to cover the earth again.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the vadis;
they flow between the hills,
¹¹ supplying water to all the wild animals;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² On their banks the birds of the air build their nests;
among the branches they sing.
¹³ You water the mountains from your palace;
the earth is satisfied with how you provide —
¹⁴ You grow grass for the cattle;
and for people you grow the plants they need
to bring forth bread from the earth,
¹⁵ wine that gladdens the human heart,
oil to make faces glow,
and food to sustain their strength.

¹⁶ Adonai's trees are satisfied —
the cedars of the L'vanon, which he has planted.
¹⁷ In them sparrows build their nests,
while storks live in the fir trees.
¹⁸ For the wild goats there are the high mountains,
while the coneys find refuge in the rocks.

¹⁹ You made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to set.
²⁰ You bring darkness, and it is night,
the time when all forest animals prowl.
²¹ The young lions roar after their prey
and seek their food from God.
²² The sun rises, they slink away
and lie down to rest in their dens;
²³ while people go out to their work,
laboring on till evening.

²⁴ What variety there is in your works, Adonai!
How many [of them there are]!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creations.

²⁵ Look at the sea, so great, so wide!
It teems with countless creatures,
living beings, both large and small.
²⁶ The ships are there, sailing to and fro;
Livyatan, which you formed to play there.

²⁷ All of them look to you
to give them their food when they need it.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it;
when you open your hand, they are well satisfied.
²⁹ If you hide your face, they vanish;
if you hold back their breath, they perish
and return to their dust.
³⁰ If you send out your breath, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
³¹ May the glory of Adonai last forever!
May Adonai rejoice in his works!
³² When he looks at the earth, it trembles;
when he touches the mountains, they pour out smoke.
³³ I will sing to Adonai as long as I live,
sing praise to my God all my life.
³⁴ May my musings be pleasing to him;
I will rejoice in Adonai.
³⁵ May sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked be no more!
Bless Adonai, my soul!

Halleluyah!