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^1 (a)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are ^(b)very great!
^(c)You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
²     covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    ^(d)stretching out the heavens ^(e)like a tent.
³ He ^(f)lays the beams of his ^(g)chambers on the waters;
he makes ^(h)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on ⁽ⁱ⁾the wings of the wind;
⁴ he ^(j)makes his messengers winds,
    his ^(k)ministers ^(l)a flaming fire.

⁵ He ^(m)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶ You ⁽ⁿ⁾covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At ^(o)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(p)the sound of your thunder they ^(q)took to flight.
⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(r)appointed for them.
⁹ You set ^(s)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(t)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹ they ^(u)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
^13 (v)From your lofty abode you ^(w)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴ You cause ^(x)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(y)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(z)food from the earth
¹⁵     and ^(aa)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(ab)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(ac)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(ad)the cedars of Lebanon ^(ae)that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for ^(af)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(ag)the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the ^(ah)seasons;^[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
^20 (ai)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (aj)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(ak)dens.
^23 (al)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(am)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(an)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and ^(ao)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(ap)play in it.^[b]

²⁷ These ^(aq)all look to you,
    to ^(ar)give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(as)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you ^(at)hide your face, they are ^(au)dismayed;
    when you ^(av)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(aw)return to their dust.
³⁰ When you ^(ax)send forth your Spirit,^[c] they are created,
    and you ^(ay)renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord ^(az)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(ba)rejoice in his works,
³² who looks on the earth and it ^(bb)trembles,
    who ^(bc)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³ I will sing to the Lord ^(bd)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴ May my ^(be)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let ^(bf)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(bg)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(bh)Praise the Lord!