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¹ Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great; You are clothed with honor and majesty:² Who cover yourself with light as with a garment; Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain;³ Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who makes the clouds his chariot; Who walks on the wings of the wind;⁴ Who makes winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;⁵ Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved forever.⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.⁷ At your rebuke they fled; At the voice of your thunder they hurried away⁸ (The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) To the place which you had founded for them.⁹ You have set a bound that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.¹² By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.¹³ He waters the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.¹⁴ He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,¹⁵ And wine that makes glad the heart of common man, [And] oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens common man's heart.¹⁶ The trees of Yahweh are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, on their top are her house.¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knows his going down.²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.²² The sun rises, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.²³ Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until the evening.²⁴ O Yahweh, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all: The earth is full of your riches.²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are innumerable creeping things, Both small and great beasts.²⁶ There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom you have formed to play therein.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 their dust.³⁰ You send forth your Spirit, they are created; And you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever; Let Yahweh rejoice in his works:³² Who looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.³³ I will sing to Yahweh 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 Yahweh.³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise you Yah.