God the Creator
1 My soul, praise Yahweh!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.(A)
2 He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,(B)
3 laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,(C)
making the clouds His chariot,(D)
walking on the wings of the wind,(E)
4 and making the winds His messengers,(a)
flames of fire His servants.(F)
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.(A)
2 He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,(B)
3 laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,(C)
making the clouds His chariot,(D)
walking on the wings of the wind,(E)
4 and making the winds His messengers,(a)
flames of fire His servants.(F)
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He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,(P)
15 and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,(P)
wine that makes man’s heart glad—
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains man’s heart.(Q)
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains man’s heart.(Q)
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25
Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.(AA)
26 teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.(AA)
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28
When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.(AD)
29 they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.(AD)
When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.(AE)
30 they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.(AE)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 104:4: Or angels
b.
Psalm 104:8: Or away. They flowed over the mountains and went down valleys
c.
Psalm 104:16: Lit are satisfied
d.
Psalm 104:19: Lit moon for
e.
Psalm 104:19: Or the appointed times
f.
Psalm 104:24: Lit possessions
g.
Psalm 104:30: Or Spirit
Cross references:
C.
Psalm 104:3:
Amos 9:6
M.
Psalm 104:11:
Job 39:5
X.
Psalm 104:22:
Job 37:8
AD.
Psalm 104:28:
Psalm 145:16
AF.
Psalm 104:30:
Job 33:4
AG.
Psalm 104:31:
Psalm 72:17
AJ.
Psalm 104:34:
Psalm 19:14