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[1] Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,

[2] Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

[3] He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,

[4] Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.

[5] You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,

[6] You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains.

[7] At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

[8] They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them.

[9] You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.

[10] He sends the springs into the valleys; They flow among the hills.

[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 home; They sing among the branches.

[13] He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

[14] He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,

[15] And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

[16] The trees of the Lord are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

[17] Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees.

[18] The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

[19] He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows its going down.

[20] You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

[21] The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

[22] When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens.

[23] Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening.

[24] O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions—

[25] This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.

[26] There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.

[27] These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season.

[28] What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

[29] You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

[30] You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth.

[31] May the glory of the Lord endure forever; May the Lord rejoice in His works.

[32] He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.

[33] I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

[34] May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord.

[35] May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

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