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¹ Praise the Lord, my soul!
    O Lord, my God, how great you are!
You are clothed with majesty and glory;
²     you cover yourself with light.
You have spread out the heavens like a tent
³     and built your home on the waters above.^[a]
You use the clouds as your chariot
    and ride on the wings of the wind.
^4 (a)You use the winds as your messengers
    and flashes of lightning as your servants.

⁵ You have set the earth firmly on its foundations,
    and it will never be moved.
⁶ You placed the ocean over it like a robe,
    and the water covered the mountains.
⁷ When you rebuked the waters, they fled;
    they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.
⁸ They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys,
    to the place you had made for them.
⁹ You set a boundary they can never pass,
    to keep them from covering the earth again.

¹⁰ You make springs flow in the valleys,
    and rivers run between the hills.
¹¹ They provide water for the wild animals;
    there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² In the trees near by,
    the birds make their nests and sing.

¹³ From the sky you send rain on the hills,
    and the earth is filled with your blessings.
¹⁴ You make grass grow for the cattle
    and plants for us to use,
so that we can grow our crops
¹⁵     and produce wine to make us happy,
    olive oil to make us cheerful,
    and bread to give us strength.

¹⁶ The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain—
    the Lord's own trees, which he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds build their nests;
    the storks nest in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The wild goats live in the high mountains,
    and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.

¹⁹ You created the moon to mark the months;
    the sun knows the time to set.
²⁰ You made the night, and in the darkness
    all the wild animals come out.
²¹ The young lions roar while they hunt,
    looking for the food that God provides.
²² When the sun rises, they go back
    and lie down in their dens.
²³ Then people go out to do their work
    and keep working until evening.

²⁴ Lord, you have made so many things!
    How wisely you made them all!
    The earth is filled with your creatures.
²⁵ There is the ocean, large and wide,
    where countless creatures live,
    large and small alike.
^26 (b)The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan,
    that sea monster which you made.^[b]

²⁷ All of them depend on you
    to give them food when they need it.
²⁸ You give it to them, and they eat it;
    you provide food, and they are satisfied.
²⁹ When you turn away, they are afraid;
    when you take away your breath, they die
    and go back to the dust from which they came.
³⁰ But when you give them breath,^[c] they are created;
    you give new life to the earth.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord last forever!
    May the Lord be happy with what he has made!
³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
    he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.

³³ I will sing to the Lord all my life;
    as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.
³⁴ May he be pleased with my song,
    for my gladness comes from him.
³⁵ May sinners be destroyed from the earth;
    may the wicked be no more.

Praise the Lord, my soul!
Praise the Lord!