Psalm 104:1-18
Psalm 104
I will praise the Lord.
Lord my God, you are very great.
You are dressed in glory and majesty.
The Lord wraps himself in light as if it were a robe.
He spreads out the heavens like a tent.
He builds his palace high in the heavens.
He makes the clouds serve as his chariot.
He rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes the winds serve as his messengers.
He makes flashes of lightning serve him.
He placed the earth on its foundations.
It can never be moved.
You, Lord, covered it with the oceans like a blanket.
The waters covered the mountains.
But you commanded the waters, and they ran away.
At the sound of your thunder they rushed off.
They flowed down the mountains.
They went into the valleys.
They went to the place you appointed for them.
You drew a line they can’t cross.
They will never cover the earth again.
The Lord makes springs pour water into the valleys.
It flows between the mountains.
The springs give water to all the wild animals.
The wild donkeys satisfy their thirst.
The birds in the sky build nests by the waters.
They sing among the branches.
The Lord waters the mountains from his palace high in the clouds.
The earth is filled with the things he has made.
He makes grass grow for the cattle
and plants for people to take care of.
That’s how they get food from the earth.
There is wine to make people glad.
There is olive oil to make their skin glow.
And there is bread to make them strong.
The cedar trees of Lebanon belong to the Lord.
He planted them and gave them plenty of water.
There the birds make their nests.
The stork has its home in the juniper trees.
The high mountains belong to the wild goats.
The cliffs are a safe place for the rock badgers.
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