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Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.
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Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
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Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,
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Making His messengers--the winds, His ministers--the flaming fire.
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He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
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The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.
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From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.
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They go up hills--they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.
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A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
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Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.
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They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.
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By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.
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Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.
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Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
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And wine--it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread--the heart of man it supporteth.
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Satisfied are the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,
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Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs are her house.
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The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,
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He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
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Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
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The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
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The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.
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Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service--till evening.
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How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.
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This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There are moving things--innumerable, Living creatures--small with great.
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There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
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All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.
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Thou dost give to them--they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand--they are satisfied with good.
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Thou hidest Thy face--they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit--they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.
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Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.
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The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,
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Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.
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I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
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Sweet is my meditation on Him, I--I do rejoice in Jehovah.
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Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!