Psalms 104

1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי גָּדַלְתָּ מְּאֹד הֹוד וְהָדָר לָבָשְׁתָּ׃ (2615)

2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

עֹטֶה־אֹור כַּשַּׂלְמָה נֹוטֶה מַיִם כַּיְרִיעָה׃ (1161)

3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

הַמְקָרֶה בַמַּיִם עֲ‍לִיֹּותָיו הַשָּׂם־עָבִים רְכוּבֹו הַמְהַלֵּךְ עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רוּחַ׃ (2249)

4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

עֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחֹות מְשָׁרְתָיו אֵשׁ לֹהֵט׃ (2403)

See also: Hebrews 1:7, 2 Kings 2:11, 2 Kings 6:17, Hebrews 1:14, Genesis 3:24, Isaiah 6:2, Psalms 148:8, Psalms 103:21, Ezekiel 1:13, Job 38:7, Job 4:15, Ezekiel 1:7, Acts 23:8, Exodus 37:7, Job 4:18, Daniel 9:21, 2 Peter 2:11, Matthew 28:3

5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

יָסַד־אֶרֶץ עַל־מְכֹונֶיהָ בַּל־תִּמֹּוט עֹולָם וָעֶד׃ (1309)

6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

תְּהֹום כַּלְּבוּשׁ כִּסִּיתֹו עַל־הָרִים יַעַמְדוּ־מָיִם׃ (1880)

See also: Genesis 7:19, Job 38:14, Psalms 33:7, Luke 8:24, Amos 5:8, 2 Peter 3:5, Genesis 1:2-10, Job 26:10, Genesis 7:20, Psalms 29:10, Psalms 65:7, Jonah 2:6, Matthew 8:26

7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

מִן־גַּעֲרָתְךָ יְנוּסוּן מִן־קֹול רַעַמְךָ יֵחָפֵזוּן׃ (1682)

See also: Psalms 18:15, Psalms 18:13, Genesis 8:1, Nahum 1:4, Mark 4:39, Psalms 106:9, Psalms 114:3-7, Proverbs 8:28, Psalms 77:18, Job 12:15, Job 36:29, Job 37:2, Psalms 76:6, Jeremiah 51:16

8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרְדוּ בְקָעֹות אֶל־מְקֹום זֶה ׀ יָסַדְתָּ לָהֶם׃ (1947)

See also: Job 38:8, Genesis 8:5, Psalms 33:7, Proverbs 3:20, Jonah 2:6

9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

גְּבוּלשַׂ־מְתָּ בַּל־יַעֲבֹרוּן בַּל־יְשׁוּבוּן לְכַסֹּות הָאָרֶץ׃ (2369)

See also: Jeremiah 5:22, Proverbs 8:29, Job 14:5, Job 38:10-11, Genesis 9:11-15, Job 26:10, Isaiah 54:9, Psalms 33:7, Psalms 76:10

10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ מַעְיָנִים בַּנְּחָלִים בֵּין הָרִים יְהַלֵּכוּן׃ (1181)

See also: Isaiah 41:18, Deuteronomy 11:11, Psalms 107:35, Isaiah 35:7, Psalms 65:12, Deuteronomy 8:7, Job 38:26

11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

יַשְׁקוּ כָּל־חַיְתֹו שָׂדָי יִשְׁבְּרוּ פְרָאִים צְמָאָם׃ (2224)

See also: Matthew 6:26, Psalms 145:16, Hebrews 6:7, Job 39:5-8, Joel 2:22, Psalms 104:13, Isaiah 32:14

12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

עֲלֵיהֶם עֹוף־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׁכֹּון מִבֵּין עֳפָאיִם יִתְּנוּ־קֹול׃ (1997)

See also: Psalms 104:17, Psalms 50:11, Psalms 148:10, Matthew 13:32, Psalms 84:3, Psalms 104:16-17, Psalms 147:9, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 8:20

13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

מַשְׁקֶה הָרִים מֵעֲלִיֹּותָיו מִפְּרִי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ תִּשְׂבַּע הָאָרֶץ׃ (3110)

See also: Psalms 147:8, Jeremiah 10:13, Psalms 65:9, Jeremiah 14:22, Deuteronomy 11:11, Amos 9:6, Zechariah 10:1, Job 36:31, Job 38:25-28, Job 38:37, Job 9:9, Psalms 104:3, Isaiah 30:23, Matthew 5:45, Acts 14:17, Leviticus 26:4, Psalms 104:11, Psalms 119:64

14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

מַצְמִיחַ חָצִיר ׀ לַבְּהֵמָה וְעֵשֶׂב לַעֲבֹדַת הָאָדָם לְהֹוצִיא לֶחֶם מִן־הָאָרֶץ׃ (2118)

15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

וְיַיִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב־אֱנֹושׁ לְהַצְהִיל פָּנִים מִשָּׁמֶן וְלֶחֶם לְבַב־אֱנֹושׁ יִסְעָד׃ (2224)

16The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

יִשְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵי יְהוָה אַרְזֵי לְבָנֹון אֲשֶׁר נָטָע׃ (1570)

See also: Psalms 92:12, Numbers 24:6, Psalms 29:5, Psalms 92:2, Ezekiel 17:23, Judges 9:15, Psalms 72:16, Psalms 80:10, Psalms 104:12, Ezekiel 27:5

17Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

אֲשֶׁרשָׁ־ם צִפֳּרִים יְקַנֵּנוּ חֲסִידָה בְּרֹושִׁים בֵּיתָהּ׃ (2539)

See also: Psalms 104:12, Leviticus 11:19, Matthew 8:20, Job 39:13, Jeremiah 8:7, Jeremiah 22:23, Ezekiel 31:6, Daniel 4:21, Obadiah 1:4, Matthew 13:32

18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

הָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִים סְלָעִים מַחְסֶה לַשְׁפַנִּים׃ (1343)

See also: Proverbs 30:26, Job 39:1, Leviticus 11:5, 1 Samuel 24:2, Deuteronomy 14:7, Genesis 1:24

19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

עָשָׂה יָרֵחַ לְמֹועֲדִים מֶשׁ יָדַע מְבֹואֹו׃ (1272)

See also: Genesis 1:14, Psalms 8:3, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 33:25, Psalms 136:7-9, Jeremiah 33:20, Psalms 74:16, Psalms 89:37, Job 38:12, Psalms 19:6, Deuteronomy 33:14, Job 31:26-28, Deuteronomy 4:19, Ecclesiastes 1:5

20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

תָּשֶׁת־חֹשֶׁךְ וִיהִי לָיְלָה בֹּו־תִרְמֹשׂ כָּל־חַיְתֹו־יָעַר׃ (3236)

See also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:26, Isaiah 45:7, Psalms 65:8, Amos 5:8, Job 38:19, Psalms 74:16, Jeremiah 5:6, Genesis 1:4-5, Genesis 8:22, Psalms 50:10, Psalms 139:10-12, Amos 1:13, Genesis 9:2

21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

הַכְּפִירִים שֹׁאֲגִים לַטָּרֶף וּלְבַקֵּשׁ מֵאֵל אָכְלָם׃ (1638)

See also: Psalms 34:10, 1 Peter 5:8, Job 38:39, Joel 1:20, Psalms 145:15, Amos 3:4, Job 38:13, Ezekiel 19:2-14, Joel 2:22, Job 38:41, Psalms 147:9, Isaiah 31:4, Isaiah 43:20, Joel 1:18

22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

תִּזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפוּן וְאֶל־מְעֹונֹתָם יִרְבָּצוּן׃ (2468)

See also: Job 37:8, Job 24:13-17, Nahum 3:17, John 3:20

23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

יֵצֵא אָדָם לְפָעֳלֹו וְלַעֲבֹדָתֹו עֲדֵי־עָרֶב׃ (1236)

See also: Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 5:12, Ephesians 4:28, Judges 19:16, Job 24:5, 2 Thessalonians 3:8-12, Genesis 1:24

24O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

מָה־רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ׀ יְהוָה כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ׃ (2266)

25So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

זֶה ׀ הַיָּם גָּדֹול וּרְחַב יָדָיִם שָׁם־רֶמֶשׂ וְאֵין מִסְפָּר חַיֹּות קְטַנֹּות עִם־גְּדֹלֹות׃ (3259)

See also: Psalms 69:34, Jonah 1:17, Psalms 74:14, Psalms 95:4-5, Psalms 148:7, Ezekiel 47:10, Genesis 1:28, Acts 28:5, Genesis 1:20-22, Genesis 3:1, Deuteronomy 33:14-16, Deuteronomy 33:19, Job 26:5

26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

ם אֳנִיֹּות יְהַלֵּכוּן לִוְיָתָן זֶה־יָצַרְתָּ לְשַׂחֶק־בֹּו׃ (2282)

See also: Isaiah 27:1, Job 41:1, Psalms 107:23, Job 40:20, Psalms 74:14, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 49:13, Job 3:8, Ezekiel 27:9

27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

כֻּלָּם אֵלֶיךָ יְשַׂבֵּרוּן לָתֵת אָכְלָם בְּעִתֹּו׃ (2118)

See also: Galatians 6:9, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 10:29, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 147:9, Genesis 1:29, Psalms 136:25, 1 Corinthians 9:9, Deuteronomy 8:3, Job 38:41, Luke 12:24-28, Jonah 4:11, Psalms 145:9, Acts 17:25, Job 36:31, Job 39:8, Joel 2:22, Genesis 6:21, Psalms 36:6

28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

תִּתֵּן לָהֶם יִלְקֹטוּן תִּפְתַּח יָדְךָ יִשְׂבְּעוּן טֹוב׃ (2507)

See also: Psalms 103:5, Psalms 145:16, 1 Timothy 6:17

29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

תַּסְתִּיר פָּנֶיךָ יִבָּהֵלוּן תֹּסֵף רוּחָם יִגְוָעוּן וְאֶל־עֲפָרָם יְשׁוּבוּן׃ (3073)

30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

תְּשַׁלַּח רוּחֲךָ יִבָּרֵאוּן וּתְחַדֵּשׁ פְּנֵי אֲדָמָה׃ (2149)

See also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:1, Job 33:4, Ezekiel 37:9, Revelation 21:5, Job 26:13, Psalms 33:6, Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 65:17, Titus 3:5, Isaiah 66:22, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:4-5, Isaiah 32:14-15, Ezekiel 37:10

31The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.

יְהִי כְבֹוד יְהוָה לְעֹולָם יִשְׂמַח יְהוָה בְּמַעֲשָׂיו׃ (1071)

32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

הַמַּבִּיט לָאָרֶץ וַתִּרְעָד יִגַּע בֶּהָרִים וְיֶעֱשָׁנוּ׃ (1849)

See also: Psalms 114:7, Psalms 144:5, Jeremiah 10:10, Exodus 19:18, Psalms 97:4-5, Habakkuk 3:10, Exodus 14:24, Psalms 18:8, Psalms 50:3, Psalms 60:2, Psalms 77:16, Isaiah 64:1-2, Jeremiah 4:23-26, Jeremiah 5:22, Amos 8:8, Nahum 1:5-6, Habakkuk 3:5-6, Revelation 20:11, Revelation 19:3

33I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹהַי בְּעֹודִי׃ (1023)

See also: Psalms 63:4, Psalms 146:2, Psalms 108:1, Psalms 71:23, Psalms 145:1-2, Psalms 86:12, Deuteronomy 12:1, Psalms 35:28, Psalms 75:9, Malachi 3:16

34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

יֶעֱרַב עָלָיו שִׂיחִי אָנֹכִי אֶשְׂמַח בַּיהוָה׃ (1184)

35Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

יִתַּמּוּ חַטָּאִים ׀ מִן־הָאָרֶץ וּרְשָׁעִים ׀ עֹוד אֵינָם בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה הַלְלוּ־יָהּ׃ (2902)