1  ^lBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are ^mvery great!

ⁿYou are clothed with splendor and majesty,

2  covering yourself with light as with a garment,

^ostretching out the heavens ^plike a tent.

3  He ^qlays the beams of his ^rchambers on the waters;

he makes ^sthe clouds his chariot;

he rides on ^tthe wings of the wind;

4  he ^umakes his messengers winds,

his ^vministers ^wa flaming fire.

5  He ^xset the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

6  You ^ycovered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7  At ^zyour rebuke they fled;

at ^athe sound of your thunder they ^btook to flight.

8  The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you ^cappointed for them.

9  You set ^da boundary that they may not pass,

so that they ^emight not again cover the earth.

10  You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

11  they ^fgive drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12  Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

13  ^gFrom your lofty abode you ^hwater the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14  You cause ⁱthe grass to grow for the livestock

and ^jplants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth ^kfood from the earth

15  and ^lwine to gladden the heart of man,

^moil to make his face shine

and bread to ⁿstrengthen man’s heart.

16  The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,

^othe cedars of Lebanon ^pthat he planted.

17  In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

18  The high mountains are for ^qthe wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for ^rthe rock badgers.

19  He made the moon to mark the ^sseasons;¹

the sun knows its time for setting.

20  ^tYou make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21  ^uThe young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

22  When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their ^vdens.

23  ^wMan goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

24  O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In ^xwisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25  Here is the sea, great and wide,

^ywhich teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

26  There go the ships,

and ^zLeviathan, which you formed to ^aplay in it.²

27  These ^ball look to you,

to ^cgive them their food in due season.

28  When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you ^dopen your hand, they are filled with good things.

29  When you ^ehide your face, they are ^fdismayed;

when you ^gtake away their breath, they die

and ^hreturn to their dust.

30  When you ⁱsend forth your Spirit,³ they are created,

and you ^jrenew the face of the ground.

31  May the glory of the Lord ^kendure forever;

may the Lord ^lrejoice in his works,

32  who looks on the earth and it ^mtrembles,

who ⁿtouches the mountains and they smoke!

33  I will sing to the Lord ^oas long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

34  May my ^pmeditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.

35  Let ^qsinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

^rBless the Lord, O my soul!

^sPraise the Lord!