Psalm 104 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Praise to the Sovereign LORD for His Creation and Providence

(cf. Gen. 1:1–31 )

Psa 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul!

O LORD my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,

Psa 104:2Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

Psa 104:3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Psa 104:4

Psa 104:4Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.

Psa 104:5

Psa 104:5You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

Psa 104:6

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

Psa 104:7

Psa 104:7At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

Psa 104:8

Psa 104:8They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.

Psa 104:9

Psa 104:9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.

Psa 104:10

Psa 104:10He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.

Psa 104:11

Psa 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psa 104:12

Psa 104:12By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.

Psa 104:13

Psa 104:13He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

Psa 104:14

Psa 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,

Psa 104:15

Psa 104:15And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

Psa 104:16

Psa 104:16The trees of the LORD are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

Psa 104:17

Psa 104:17Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.

Psa 104:18

Psa 104:18The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.[fn]

Psa 104:19

Psa 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons;
The sun knows its going down.

Psa 104:20

Psa 104:20You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

Psa 104:21

Psa 104:21The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.

Psa 104:22

Psa 104:22When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.

Psa 104:23

Psa 104:23Man goes out to his work
And to his labor until the evening.

Psa 104:24

Psa 104:24O LORD, how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your possessions—

Psa 104:25

Psa 104:25This great and wide sea,
In which are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.

Psa 104:26

Psa 104:26There the ships sail about;
There is that Leviathan
Which You have made to play there.

Psa 104:27

Psa 104:27These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.

Psa 104:28

Psa 104:28What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

Psa 104:29

Psa 104:29You hide Your face, they are troubled;
You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

Psa 104:30

Psa 104:30You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.

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

Psa 104:33

Psa 104:33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Psa 104:34

Psa 104:34May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the LORD.

Psa 104:35

Psa 104:35May 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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NKJV Footnotes

(104:18)

Or rock hyrax (compare Leviticus 11:5)

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