Psalm 104

God the Creator and Provider

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul.
   O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honour and majesty,
²   wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
³   you set the beams of your^* chambers on the waters,
you make the clouds your^* chariot,
   you ride on the wings of the wind,
⁴you make the winds your^* messengers,
   fire and flame your^* ministers.

⁵You set the earth on its foundations,
   so that it shall never be shaken.
⁶You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
   the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷At your rebuke they flee;
   at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
⁸They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys
   to the place that you appointed for them.
⁹You set a boundary that they may not pass,
   so that they might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
   they flow between the hills,
¹¹giving drink to every wild animal;
   the wild asses quench their thirst.
¹²By the streams^* the birds of the air have their habitation;
   they sing among the branches.
²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!
   In wisdom you have made them all;
   the earth is full of your creatures.