Psalms

¹ Bless Yahweh, O my soul! O Yahweh my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

² Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

³ He sets up the clouds to be His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;

⁴ His ministers flaming fire.

⁵ So that it will not shake forever and ever.

⁶ The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷ At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.

⁸ To the place which You founded for them.

⁹ So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰ They flow between the mountains;

¹¹ The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² They give forth their voices among the branches.

¹³ The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴ And vegetation for man’s cultivation, To bring forth food from the earth,

¹⁵ To make his face glisten more than oil, And food which sustains man’s heart.

¹⁶ The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷ The stork’s home is in the fir trees.

¹⁸ The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.

¹⁹ The sun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰ In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

²¹ And to seek their food from God.

²² And lie down in their dens.

²³ And to his labor until evening.

²⁴ In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.

²⁵ There the creeping things are without number, Creatures both small and great.

²⁶ And Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.

²⁷ To give them their food in due season.

²⁸ You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ You take away their spirit, they breathe their last And return to their dust.

³⁰ And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ Let Yahweh be glad in His works;

³² He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴ As for me, I shall be glad in Yahweh.

³⁵ And let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah!