Psalms 103

¹To David himself. My soul bless thou our Lord: o Lord my God thou art magnified exceedingly.

²Thou hast put on confession and beauty: being clothed with light as with a garment. Stretching out the heaven as a skin:

³which coverest the higher parts thereof with waters. Which makest the cloud for thee to ascend on: which walkest upon the wings of winds.

⁴Which makest spirits thine Angels: and thy ministers a burning fire.

⁵Which hast founded the earth upon the stability thereof: it shall not be inclined for ever and ever.

⁶The depth, as a garment, is his clothing: upon the mountains shall waters stand.

⁷At thy reprehension they shall fly: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

⁸The mountains ascend: and the plain fields descend into the place, which thou hast founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound, which they shall not pass over: neither shall they return to cover the earth.

¹⁰Which sendest forth fountains in the valleys: between the midst of mountains shall waters pass.

¹¹All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

¹²Over them shall the fowls of the air inhabit: out of the midst of rocks they shall give forth voices.

¹³Watering the mountains from higher places: of the fruit of thy work shall the earth be filled.

¹⁴Bringing forth grass for beasts, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring forth bread out of the earth:

¹⁵& wine may make the heart of man joyful. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and bread may confirm the heart of man.

¹⁶The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus, which he hath planted:

¹⁷there sparrows shall make their nest. The house of the heron is the leader of them:

¹⁸the high mountains for harts: the rock a refuge for the Irchins.

¹⁹He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou didst appoint darkness, and night was made: in it shall all the beasts of the wood pass.

²¹The whelps of lions roaring, to raven, and to seek of God meat for themselves.

²²The sun is risen, & they are gathered together: and in their couches they shall be placed.

²³Man shall go forth to his work: and to his working until evening.

²⁴How magnified are thy works, o Lord! Thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy possession.

²⁵This great sea, and very large, there are creeping beasts, whereof there is no number. Little beasts with great:

²⁶there ships shall pass. This dragon, whom thou madest to delude:

²⁷all expect of thee that thou give them meat in season.

²⁸Thou giving unto them, they shall gather it: thou opening thy hand, all shall be filled with bounty.

²⁹But thou turning away the face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their spirit, and they shall fail, and shall return into their dust.

³⁰Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

³¹Be the glory of our Lord for ever: our Lord will rejoice in his works.

³²Who looketh upon the earth, & maketh it to tremble: who toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will chant to our Lord in my life: I will sing to my God as long as I am.

³⁴Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in our Lord.

³⁵Let sinners fail from the earth, and the unjust, so that they be not: my soul bless thou our Lord.