Psalm 104 :: New International Version (NIV)

(cf. Gen 1:1–31 )

Psa 104:1Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

Psa 104:2The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent

Psa 104:3and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.

Psa 104:4

Psa 104:4He makes winds his messengers,[fn] flames of fire his servants.

Psa 104:5

Psa 104:5He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

Psa 104:6

Psa 104:6You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Psa 104:7

Psa 104:7But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;

Psa 104:8

Psa 104:8they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.

Psa 104:9

Psa 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

Psa 104:10

Psa 104:10He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.

Psa 104:11

Psa 104:11They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psa 104:12

Psa 104:12The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.

Psa 104:13

Psa 104:13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

Psa 104:14

Psa 104:14He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth:

Psa 104:15

Psa 104:15wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.

Psa 104:16

Psa 104:16The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

Psa 104:17

Psa 104:17There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.

Psa 104:18

Psa 104:18The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.

Psa 104:19

Psa 104:19He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.

Psa 104:20

Psa 104:20You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.

Psa 104:21

Psa 104:21The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Psa 104:22

Psa 104:22The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.

Psa 104:23

Psa 104:23Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.

Psa 104:24

Psa 104:24How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

Psa 104:25

Psa 104:25There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.

Psa 104:26

Psa 104:26There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

Psa 104:27

Psa 104:27All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.

Psa 104:28

Psa 104:28When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

Psa 104:29

Psa 104:29When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

Psa 104:30

Psa 104:30When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

Psa 104:31

Psa 104:31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works—

Psa 104:32

Psa 104:32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

Psa 104:33

Psa 104:33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Psa 104:34

Psa 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.

Psa 104:35

Psa 104:35But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD.[fn]

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NIV Footnotes

(104:4)

Or angels

(104:35)

Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.

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