Psalm 104 - English Standard Version (ESV)

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

104 (A)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, you are (B)very great!
(C)You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
2 covering yourself with light as with a garment,
(D)stretching out the heavens (E)like a tent.
3 He (F)lays the beams of his (G)chambers on the waters;
he makes (H)the clouds his chariot;
he rides on (I)the wings of the wind;
4 he (J)makes his messengers winds,
his (K)ministers (L)a flaming fire.

5 He (M)set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.
6 You (N)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At (O)your rebuke they fled;
at (P)the sound of your thunder they (Q)took to flight.
8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
to the place that you (R)appointed for them.
9 You set (S)a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they (T)might not again cover the earth.

10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills;
11 they (U)give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
they sing among the branches.
13 (V)From your lofty abode you (W)water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14 You cause (X)the grass to grow for the livestock
and (Y)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (Z)food from the earth
15 and (AA)wine to gladden the heart of man,
(AB)oil to make his face shine
and bread to (AC)strengthen man's heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
(AD)the cedars of Lebanon (AE)that he planted.
17 In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for (AF)the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for (AG)the rock badgers.

19 He made the moon to mark the (AH)seasons;[a]
the sun knows its time for setting.
20 (AI)You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 (AJ)The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their (AK)dens.
23 (AL)Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In (AM)wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, great and wide,
(AN)which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
and (AO)Leviathan, which you formed to (AP)play in it.[b]

27 These (AQ)all look to you,
to (AR)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you (AS)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you (AT)hide your face, they are (AU)dismayed;
when you (AV)take away their breath, they die
and (AW)return to their dust.
30 When you (AX)send forth your Spirit,[c] they are created,
and you (AY)renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord (AZ)endure forever;
may the Lord (BA)rejoice in his works,
32 who looks on the earth and it (BB)trembles,
who (BC)touches the mountains and they smoke!
33 I will sing to the Lord (BD)as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 May my (BE)meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let (BF)sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
(BG)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
(BH)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)
  2. Psalm 104:26 Or you formed to play with
  3. Psalm 104:30 Or breath

Cross references

  1. Psalm 104:1 : Ps. 103:1, 2, 22
  2. Psalm 104:1 : See 2 Sam. 7:22
  3. Psalm 104:1 : Ps. 93:1; Job 40:10; [Job 37:22]
  4. Psalm 104:2 : See Job 9:8
  5. Psalm 104:2 : Isa. 40:22
  6. Psalm 104:3 : Amos 9:6
  7. Psalm 104:3 : ver. 13
  8. Psalm 104:3 : Isa. 19:1
  9. Psalm 104:3 : Ps. 18:10; 2 Sam. 22:11
  10. Psalm 104:4 : Cited Heb. 1:7; [Ps. 148:8]
  11. Psalm 104:4 : Ps. 103:21
  12. Psalm 104:4 : [2 Kgs. 1:10; 2:11]
  13. Psalm 104:5 : Ps. 24:2; 89:11; 136:6; See Job 38:4
  14. Psalm 104:6 : Gen. 7:19
  15. Psalm 104:7 : Ps. 18:15; [Ps. 106:9; Gen. 1:9; 8:1, 5; Matt. 8:26]
  16. Psalm 104:7 : Ps. 77:18
  17. Psalm 104:7 : Ps. 48:5
  18. Psalm 104:8 : [Job 38:8, 10, 11]
  19. Psalm 104:9 : See Job 26:10
  20. Psalm 104:9 : See Gen. 9:11-16
  21. Psalm 104:11 : [ver. 13]
  22. Psalm 104:13 : ver. 3
  23. Psalm 104:13 : [Ps. 65:9; 147:8; Deut. 11:11; Job 5:10; Jer. 10:13; 14:22]
  24. Psalm 104:14 : Ps. 147:8, 9
  25. Psalm 104:14 : Gen. 1:11, 29, 30; 3:18; 9:3
  26. Psalm 104:14 : Job 28:5; [Ps. 136:25; 147:9]
  27. Psalm 104:15 : Judg. 9:13; Eccles. 10:19; [Prov. 31:6, 7]
  28. Psalm 104:15 : [Ps. 23:5; Judg. 9:9]
  29. Psalm 104:15 : [Gen. 18:5]
  30. Psalm 104:16 : See Judg. 9:15
  31. Psalm 104:16 : [Num. 24:6]
  32. Psalm 104:18 : See Job 39:1
  33. Psalm 104:18 : Lev. 11:5; Prov. 30:26
  34. Psalm 104:19 : Gen. 1:14; Lev. 23:4
  35. Psalm 104:20 : Isa. 45:7
  36. Psalm 104:21 : Job 38:39
  37. Psalm 104:22 : Job 37:8
  38. Psalm 104:23 : [Gen. 3:19]
  39. Psalm 104:24 : Prov. 3:19
  40. Psalm 104:25 : Ps. 69:34
  41. Psalm 104:26 : See Job 41:1
  42. Psalm 104:26 : [Job 40:20]
  43. Psalm 104:27 : Ps. 145:15
  44. Psalm 104:27 : [ver. 14]; See Job 36:31
  45. Psalm 104:28 : Ps. 145:16
  46. Psalm 104:29 : Ps. 30:7; [Deut. 31:17]
  47. Psalm 104:29 : Job 23:15
  48. Psalm 104:29 : See Job 34:14
  49. Psalm 104:29 : See Job 10:9
  50. Psalm 104:30 : See Job 33:4
  51. Psalm 104:30 : [Rev. 21:5]
  52. Psalm 104:31 : Ps. 72:17
  53. Psalm 104:31 : [Gen. 1:31; Prov. 8:31]
  54. Psalm 104:32 : [Hab. 3:10]
  55. Psalm 104:32 : Ps. 144:5; Ex. 19:18; [Amos 9:5]
  56. Psalm 104:33 : See Ps. 63:4
  57. Psalm 104:34 : Job 15:4
  58. Psalm 104:35 : See Ps. 37:38
  59. Psalm 104:35 : See ver. 1
  60. Psalm 104:35 : Ps. 105:45; 106:48; 113:9; 150:6

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