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| 1. | Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. | Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. | Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. | ||
| 2. | He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. | You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain: | Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: | ||
| 3. | He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. | The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind: | Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: | ||
| 4. | He makes his messengers{or, angels} winds; his servants flames of fire. | He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants. | Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: | ||
| 5. | He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. | He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever; | Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. | ||
| 6. | You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. | Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains; | Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. | ||
| 7. | At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. | At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear; | At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. | ||
| 8. | The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. | The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. | They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. | ||
| 9. | You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth. | You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them. | Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. | ||
| 10. | He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. | You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills. | He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. | ||
| 11. | They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. | They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water. | They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. | ||
| 12. | The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. | The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches. | By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. | ||
| 13. | He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. | He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works. | He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. | ||
| 14. | He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth: | He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth; | He 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; | ||
| 15. | wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart. | And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart. | And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. | ||
| 16. | Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; | The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting; | The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; | ||
| 17. | where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees. | Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house. | Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. | ||
| 18. | The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. | The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts. | The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. | ||
| 19. | He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. | He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down. | He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. | ||
| 20. | You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. | When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places. | Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. | ||
| 21. | The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. | The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God. | The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. | ||
| 22. | The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens. | The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest. | The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. | ||
| 23. | Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening. | Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening. | Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. | ||
| 24. | Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. | O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made. | O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. | ||
| 25. | There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. | There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered. | So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. | ||
| 26. | There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. | There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything. | There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. | ||
| 27. | These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. | All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time. | These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. | ||
| 28. | You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. | They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand. | That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. | ||
| 29. | You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. | If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust. | Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. | ||
| 30. | You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground. | If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth. | Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. | ||
| 31. | Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. | Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works: | The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. | ||
| 32. | He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. | At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke. | He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. | ||
| 33. | I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. | I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being. | I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. | ||
| 34. | Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. | Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord. | My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. | ||
| 35. | Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah! | Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord. | Let 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. | ||