Praise to Yahweh for His Creation and Providence

• O Yahweh my God, you are very great.
• You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty,
• 2 you who cover yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain,
• 3 the one who sets beams in the waters for his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot,
• who rides[fn] on the wings of the wind,
• 4 who makes his messengers the winds, his attendants a flame of fire.
• 5 He established the earth on her foundations, so that it will not be moved forever and ever.
• 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.
• 7 At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they ran off.
• 8 They ascended the mountains and drained though the valleys to the place that you established[fn] for them.
• 9 You set a boundary that they may not cross over, so that they would not return to cover the earth.
• 10 You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
• 11 They give drink for every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench[fn] their thirst.
• 12 Along them the birds of the heavens abide. From among the branches they sing .[fn]
• 13 You are the one who waters[fn] the mountains from his upper chambers.
• The earth is full[fn] with the fruit of your labors:
• 14 who causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind,
• to bring forth food from the earth,
• 15 and wine that makes glad the heart of man, so that their faces shine from oil,
• and bread that strengthens the heart of man.
• 16 The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
• 17 where birds make their nest. The stork has its home in the fir trees.
• 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
• 19 He made the moon for appointed times; the sun knows its time for setting.
• 20 You make darkness, and it is night, when[fn] all the animals of the forest creep about.
• 21 The young lions are roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God.
• 22 When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.
• 23 Humankind goes out to its work, and to its labor until evening.
• 24 How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom.
• The earth is full of your creatures.
• 25 This is the great and wide[fn] sea, in which are moving animals without number,
• living things small and great.
• 26 There the ships sail. Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.[fn]
• 27 They all wait for you to give them their food at the proper time .[fn]
• 28 You give to them; they gather it. You open your hand, they are filled with what is good.
• 29 You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die
• and return to their dust.
• 30 You send forth your Spirit,[fn] they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
• 31 May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works,
• 32 the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke.
• 33 I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while I remain alive .[fn]
• 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him. I will be glad in Yahweh.
• 35 Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and the wicked not remain alive .[fn]
• Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
• Praise Yah.[fn]