Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 104 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (2024)

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 honor and majesty,^(A)
2wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;^(B)
3you set the beams of your^[a] chambers on the waters;
you make the clouds your^[b] chariot;
you ride on the wings of the wind;^(C)
4you make the winds your^[c] messengers,
fire and flame your^[d] ministers.^(D)

⁵You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.^(E)
6You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.^(F)
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.^(G)
9You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.^(H)

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills,^(I)
11giving drink to every wild animal;
the wild asses quench their thirst.^(J)
12By the streams^[e] the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.^(K)
13From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.^(L)

¹⁴You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth^(M)
15and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
and bread to strengthen the human heart.^(N)
16The trees of the field^[f] are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has its home in the fir trees.
¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.^(O)
19You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.^(P)
20You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.^(Q)
21The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.^(R)
22When the sun rises, they withdraw
and lie down in their dens.
²³People go out to their work
and to their labor until the evening.^(S)

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.^(T)
25There is the sea, great and wide;
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
²⁶There go the ships
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.^(U)

²⁷These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;^(V)
28when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.^(W)
30When you send forth your spirit,^[g] they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.^(X)

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—^(Y)
32who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.^(Z)
33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.^(AA)
34May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice 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!^(AB)