¹Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty, ²Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain. ³He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; ⁴He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers. ⁵He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever. ⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. ⁷At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away. ⁸The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. ⁹You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth. ¹⁰He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains; ¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches. ¹³He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. ¹⁴He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵And wine which makes man's heart glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food which sustains man's heart. ¹⁶The trees of the LORD drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, ¹⁷Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the fir trees. ¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim. ¹⁹He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting. ²⁰You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about. ²¹The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God. ²²When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens. ²³Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening. ²⁴O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions. ²⁵There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great. ²⁶There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it. ²⁷They all wait for You To give them their food in due season. ²⁸You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust. ³⁰You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground. ³¹Let the glory of the LORD endure forever; Let the LORD be glad in His works; ³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ³³I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. ³⁴Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD. ³⁵Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!

They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches. He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.