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Psalm 104

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
⁸They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
¹⁰He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
¹²By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
¹³He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
¹⁴He 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;
¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
¹⁶The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
²¹The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
²²The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
²³Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
²⁴O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
²⁵So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
²⁶There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
²⁷These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
²⁸That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
³¹The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
³²He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
³³I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
³⁴My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
³⁵Let 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.

17The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again.
²He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.
³He endued them with strength by themselves, and made them according to his image,
⁴And put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls.
⁵They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof.]
⁶Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand.
⁷Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil.
⁸He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works.
⁹He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding.
¹⁰And the elect shall praise his holy name.
¹¹Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage.
¹²He made an everlasting covenant with them, and shewed them his judgments.
¹³Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice.
¹⁴And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour.
¹⁵Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.

²⁰And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
²¹And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
³¹There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
³²And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
³⁴And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
³⁵For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.