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The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

^1 (C1)Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
O Yahweh my God, You are very great;
You are ^(C2)clothed with splendor and majesty,

² Wrapping Yourself with ^(C1)light as with a cloak,
^(C2)Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

^3 (F1)He ^(C1)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
^(F1)He sets up the ^(C2)clouds to be His chariot;
^(F1)He walks upon the ^(C3)wings of the wind;

^4 (F1)He makes His ^(F2)angels ^(C1)the winds,
His ministers flaming ^(C2)fire.

⁵ He ^(C1)founded the earth upon its place,
So that it will not ^(F1)shake forever and ever.

⁶ You ^(C1)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷ At Your ^(C1)rebuke they fled,
At the ^(C2)sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.

⁸ The mountains went up; the valleys went down
To the ^(C1)place which You founded for them.

⁹ You set a ^(C1)boundary that they may not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

^10 (F1)He sends forth ^(C1)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;

¹¹ They ^(C1)give water to every beast of the field;
The ^(C2)wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² Above them the birds of the heavens ^(C1)dwell;
They give forth their voices among the branches.

^13 (F1)He ^(C1)gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;
^(C2)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

^14 (F1)He causes the ^(C1)grass to grow for the ^(F2)cattle,
And ^(C2)vegetation for man's ^(F3)cultivation,
To bring forth ^(F4)food ^(C3)from the earth,

¹⁵ And ^(C1)wine which makes man's heart glad,
^(C2)To make his face glisten more than oil,
And ^(F1)food which ^(C3)sustains man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷ Where the ^(C1)birds build their nests,
The ^(C2)stork's home is in the ^(F1)fir trees.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the ^(C1)wild goats;
The ^(C2)cliffs are a refuge for the ^(F1)(C3)shephanim.

¹⁹ He made the moon ^(C1)for the seasons;
The ^(C2)sun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰ You ^(C1)appoint darkness so that it becomes night,
In which all the ^(C2)beasts of the forest ^(C3)creep about.

²¹ The ^(C1)young lions roar to go after their prey
And to ^(C2)seek their food from God.

²² When the sun rises they gather together
And lie down in their ^(C1)dens.

²³ Man goes forth to ^(C1)his work
And to his labor until evening.

²⁴ How ^(C1)numerous are Your works, O Yahweh!
^(F1)In ^(C2)wisdom You have made them all;
The ^(C3)earth is full of Your ^(F2)possessions.

²⁵ This is the ^(C1)sea, great and ^(F1)broad,
There the creeping things are without number,
Creatures both small and great.

²⁶ There the ^(C1)ships move along,
And ^(F1)(C2)Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.

²⁷ They all ^(C1)wait for You
To ^(C2)give them their food in ^(F1)due season.

²⁸ You give to them, they gather it up;
You ^(C1)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ You ^(C1)hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You ^(C2)take away their ^(F1)spirit, they breathe their last
And ^(C3)return to their dust.

³⁰ You send forth Your ^(F1)(C1)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ Let the ^(C1)glory of Yahweh endure forever;
Let Yahweh ^(C2)be glad in His works;

^32 (F1)He ^(C1)looks at the earth, and it ^(C2)trembles;
He ^(C3)touches the mountains, and they smoke.

^33 (F1)I will sing to Yahweh ^(C1)throughout my life;
^(F1)I will ^(C2)sing praise to my God ^(F2)while I have my being.

³⁴ Let my ^(C1)musing be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall ^(C2)be glad in Yahweh.

³⁵ Let sinners be ^(C1)consumed from the earth
And let the ^(C2)wicked be no more.
^(C3)Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
^(F1)(C4)Praise Yah!