Day 22 of 30

Ps 104:1–105:45

104:1 Bless the Lord, my soul. The Lord, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

104:2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

104:3 He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

104:4 He makes his angels winds; his servants flames of fire.

104:5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

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

104:7 At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

104:9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth.

104:10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

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

104:12 The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

104:13 He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

104:15 wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

104:16 The Lord's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;

104:17 where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.

104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

104:20 You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

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

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

104:23 Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.

104:24 The Lord, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

104:25 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

104:26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

104:27 These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

104:28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

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

104:30 You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

104:31 Let the glory of the Lord endure forever. Let the Lord rejoice in his works.

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

104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

104:34 Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the Lord.

104:35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord!

105:1 Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

105:2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

105:3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

105:4 Seek the Lord and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

105:5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

105:6 you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

105:7 He is the Lord, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

105:8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

105:9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

105:10 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

105:11 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;"

105:12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

105:13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

105:14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

105:15 "Do not touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"

105:16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

105:17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

105:19 until the time that his word happened, and the Lord's word proved him true.

105:20 The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;

105:22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

105:23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

105:24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

105:26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

105:27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They did not rebel against his words.

105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.

105:31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

105:32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.

105:33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,

105:35 ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.

105:36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

105:37 He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

105:40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

105:41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

105:42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

105:43 He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.

105:44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

105:45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!