¹ Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou are very great. Thou are clothed with honor and majesty,

² who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

³ who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,

⁴ who makes his agents spirits, his ministers a flame of fire,

⁵ who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.

⁶ Thou covered it with the deep as with a vesture. The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷ At thy rebuke they fled. At the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.

⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou had founded for them.

⁹ Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹² By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.

¹³ He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴ He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

¹⁵ and wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,

¹⁷ where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down.

²⁰ Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

²² The sun arises; they get away, and lie down in their dens.

²³ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.

²⁶ There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it.

²⁷ These all wait for thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.

²⁸ Thou give to them, they gather. Thou open thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ Thou hide thy face, they are troubled. Thou take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

³⁰ Thou send forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renew the face of the ground.

³¹ Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. Let Jehovah rejoice in his works,

³² who looks on the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing to Jehovah as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴ Let thy meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Jehovah.

³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.