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The LORD'S Care over All His Works.

^1 (C1)Bless the LORD, my soul!
LORD my God, You are very great;
You are ^(C2)clothed with splendor and majesty,

² Covering Yourself with ^(C1)light as with a cloak,
^(C2)Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

^3 (F1)He ^(C1)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
^(F1)He makes the ^(C2)clouds His chariot;
^(F1)He walks on the ^(C3)wings of the wind;

^4 (F1)He makes ^(F2)(C1)the winds His messengers,
^(F3)Flaming ^(C2)fire His ministers.

⁵ He ^(C1)established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not ^(F1)totter forever and ever.

⁶ You ^(C1)covered it with the deep sea as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷ They fled from Your ^(C1)rebuke,
At the ^(C2)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

⁸ The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the ^(C1)place which You established for them.

⁹ You set a ^(C1)boundary so that they will not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

^10 (F1)He sends forth ^(C1)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;

¹¹ They ^(C1)give drink to every animal of the field;
The ^(C2)wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² The birds of the sky ^(C1)dwell ^(F1)beside them;
They ^(F2)lift up their voices from among the branches.

^13 (F1)He ^(C1)waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
^(C2)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

^14 (F1)He causes the ^(C1)grass to grow for the ^(F2)cattle,
And ^(C2)vegetation for the labor of mankind,
So that ^(F3)they may produce ^(F4)food ^(C3)from the earth,

¹⁵ And ^(C1)wine, which makes a human heart cheerful,
^(C2)So that he makes his face gleam with oil,
And ^(F1)food, which ^(C3)sustains a human heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the LORD ^(F1)drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷ Where the ^(C1)birds build their nests,
And the ^(C2)stork, whose home is the juniper trees.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the ^(C1)wild goats;
The ^(C2)cliffs are a refuge for the ^(C3)rock hyrax.

¹⁹ He made the moon ^(C1)for the seasons;
The ^(C2)sun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰ You ^(C1)appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the ^(C2)animals of the forest ^(F1)prowl about.

²¹ The ^(C1)young lions roar for their prey
^(F1)And ^(C2)seek their food from God.

²² When the sun rises they withdraw,
And they lie down in their ^(C1)dens.

²³ A person goes out to ^(C1)his work
And to his labor until evening.

²⁴ LORD, how ^(C1)many are Your works!
^(F1)In ^(C2)wisdom You have made them all;
The ^(C3)earth is full of Your ^(F2)possessions.

^25 (F1)There is the ^(C1)sea, great and ^(F2)broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.

²⁶ The ^(C1)ships move along there,
And ^(F1)(C2)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.

²⁷ They all ^(C1)wait for You
To ^(C2)give them their food in ^(F1)due season.

²⁸ You give to them, they gather it up;
You ^(C1)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ You ^(C1)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You ^(C2)take away their breath, they perish
And ^(C3)return to their dust.

³⁰ You send forth Your ^(F1)(C1)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the ^(C1)glory of the LORD endure forever;
May the LORD ^(C2)rejoice in His works;

^32 (F1)He ^(C1)looks at the earth, and it ^(C2)trembles;
He ^(C3)touches the mountains, and they smoke.

^33 (F1)I will sing to the LORD ^(F2)(C1)as long as I live;
^(F1)I will ^(C2)sing praise to my God ^(F3)while I have my being.

³⁴ May my ^(C1)praise be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall ^(C2)rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵ May sinners be ^(C1)removed from the earth
And may the ^(C2)wicked be no more.
^(C3)Bless the LORD, my soul.
^(F1)(C4)Praise ^(F2)the LORD!