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¹ Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. ² He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. ³ He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. ⁴ He makes his messengers winds; His servants flames of fire. ⁵ He laid the foundations of the eretz, That it should not be moved forever. ⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. ⁸ The mountains rose, The valleys sank down, To the place which you had assigned to them. ⁹ You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the eretz.

¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. ¹³ He waters the mountains from his chambers. The eretz is filled with the fruit of your works. ¹⁴ He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for man to cultivate, That he may bring forth food out of the eretz: ¹⁵ Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart. ¹⁶ The LORD's trees are well watered, The cedars of Levanon, which he has planted; ¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. ²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. ²² The sun rises, and they steal away, And lay down in their dens. ²³ Man goes forth to his work, To his labor until the evening. ²⁴ The LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The eretz is full of your riches. ²⁵ There is the sea, great and wide, In which are innumerable living things, Both small and great animals. ²⁶ There the ships go, And livyatan, whom you formed to play there. ²⁷ These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season. ²⁸ You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ You hide your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. ³⁰ You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ Let the glory of the LORD endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works. ³² He looks at the eretz, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. ³⁴ Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the eretz. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD!