1: Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour; 2: Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; -- 3: Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind; 4: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire. 5: He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. 6: Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains: 7: At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; -- 8: The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; -- 9: Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth. 10: He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains; 11: They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. 12: The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches. 13: He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14: He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth, 15: And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making [his] face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart. 16: The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted, 17: Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house. 18: The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers. 19: He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down. 20: Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth: 21: The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from God. 22: The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens. 23: Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. 24: How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 25: Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great. 26: There go the ships; [there] that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein. 27: These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season: 28: That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29: Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust. 30: Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31: The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works. 32: He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. 33: I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being. 34: My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. 35: Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah!
