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The psalm clothes God in light, surveys waters, mountains, animals, seasons, sun and moon, sea creatures, and dependence on God's Spirit, then answers creation with lifelong praise.
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Psalms 104
The psalm clothes God in light, surveys waters, mountains, animals, seasons, sun and moon, sea creatures, and dependence on God's Spirit, then answers creation with lifelong praise.
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Verses 1–9The LORD is clothed with honor and orders the heavens, waters, and foundations of the earthVerses 10–18God provides springs, vegetation, food, trees, and homes for creaturesVerses 19–30God appoints seasons and continually gives food, life, breath, and renewal to his creaturesVerses 31–35The psalmist rejoices in God’s glory and works and ends with praise
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1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God,…2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who…3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:…4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should…6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:…7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy…8They go up by the mountains; they go down by…9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass…10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among…11They give drink to every beast of the field: the…12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their…13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is…14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and…15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and…16The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the…17Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork,…18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats;…19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his…20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the…21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their…22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them…23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour…24O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast…25So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things…26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou…27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them…28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand,…29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away…30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou…31The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the…32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth…33I will sing unto the LORD as long as I…34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be…35Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and…