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  104:1 ¶
[[[A Psalm] of David.]] Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour: |
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104:1 ¶
Blessººº
Yahweh,º
O my soul.º
O Yahwehº
my Elohim,º
thou art veryº
great;ºº
thou art clothedºº
with honourº
and majesty.º |
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104:2
who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain. |
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104:2
Who coverestºº
[thyself] with lightº
as [with] a garment:º
who stretchest outºº
the heavensº
like a curtain:º |
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104:3
Who covers his chambers with waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind. |
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104:3
Who layeth the beamsºº
of his chambersº
in the waters:º
who makethºº
the cloudsº
his chariot:º
who walkethºº
uponº
the wingsº
of the wind:º |
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104:4
Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire. |
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104:4
Who makethºº
his angelsº
spirits;º
his ministersºº
a flamingºº
fire:º |
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104:5
Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever. |
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104:5
[Who] laidººº
the foundationsº
of the earth,º
[that] it should notº
be removedºº
for ever.ºº |
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104:6
The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. |
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104:6
Thou coveredstºº
it with the deepº
as [with] a garment:º
the watersº
stoodºº
aboveº
the mountains.º |
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104:7
At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed. |
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104:7
Atº
thy rebukeº
they fled;ºº
atº
the voiceº
of thy thunderº
they hastedºº
away.º |
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104:8
They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which thou hast founded for them. |
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104:8
They go upºº
by the mountains;º
they go downºº
by the valleysº
untoº
the placeº
whichº
thou hast foundedºº
for them. |
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104:9
Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. |
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104:9
Thou hast setºº
a boundº
that they may notº
pass over;ºº
that they turn not againººº
to coverºº
the earth.º |
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104:10
He sends forth his fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains. |
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104:10
He sendethºº
the springsº
into the valleys,º
[which] runºº
amongº
the hills.º |
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104:11
They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take [of them] to [quench] their thirst. |
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104:11
They give drinkºº
to everyº
beastº
of the field:º
the wild assesº
quenchºº
their thirst.º |
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104:12
By them shall the birds of the sky lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks. |
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104:12
Byº
them shall the fowlsº
of the heavenº
have their habitation,ºº
[which] singººº
amongºº
the branches.º |
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104:13
He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works. |
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104:13
He waterethºº
the hillsº
from his chambers:ºº
the earthº
is satisfiedºº
with the fruitºº
of thy works.º |
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104:14
He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth; |
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104:14
He causeth the grassº
to growºº
for the cattle,º
and herbº
for the serviceº
of man:º
that he may bring forthºº
foodº
out ofº
the earth;º |
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104:15
and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man's heart. |
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104:15
And wineº
[that] maketh gladºº
the heartº
of man,º
[and] oilºº
to make [his] faceº
to shine,ºº
and breadº
[which] strengthenethºº
man'sº
heart.º |
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104:16
The trees of the plain shall be full [of sap]; [even] the cedars of Lebanon{gr.Libanus} which he has planted. |
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104:16
The treesº
of Yahwehº
are fullºº
[of sap]; the cedarsº
of Lebanon,º
whichº
he hath planted;ºº |
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104:17
There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them. |
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104:17
Whereºº
the birdsº
make their nests:ºº
[as for] the stork,º
the fir treesº
[are] her house.º |
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104:18
The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, [and] the rock for the rabbits. |
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104:18
The highº
hillsº
[are] a refugeº
for the wild goats;º
[and] the rocksº
for the conies.º |
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104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. |
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104:19
He appointedºº
the moonº
for seasons:º
the sunº
knowethºº
his going down.º |
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104:20
Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: |
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104:20
Thou makestºº
darkness,º
and it isº
night:º
wherein allº
the beastsº
of the forestº
do creepºº
[forth]. |
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104:21
[even] young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God. |
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104:21
The young lionsº
roarºº
after their prey,º
and seekºº
their meatº
from El.ºº |
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104:22
The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens. |
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104:22
The sunº
ariseth,ºº
they gather themselves together,ºº
and lay them downºº
inº
their dens.º |
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104:23
Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening. |
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104:23
Manº
goeth forthºº
unto his workº
and to his labourº
untilº
the evening.º |
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104:24
How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation. |
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104:24
O Yahweh,º
howº
manifoldºº
are thy works!º
in wisdomº
hast thou madeºº
them all:º
the earthº
is fullºº
of thy riches.º |
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104:25
[So is] this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great. |
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104:25
[So is] thisº
greatº
and wideºº
sea,º
whereinº
[are] things creepingº
innumerable,ºº
both smallº
andº
greatº
beasts.º |
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104:26
There go the ships; [and] this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it. |
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104:26
Thereº
goºº
the ships:º
[there is] that leviathan,º
[whom] thouº
hast madeºº
to playºº
therein. |
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104:27
All wait upon thee, to give them [their] food in due season. |
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104:27
These waitºº
allº
uponº
thee; that thou mayest giveºº
[them] their meatº
in due season.º |
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104:28
When thou hast given [it] them, they will gather [it]; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good. |
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104:28
[That] thou givestºº
them they gather:ºº
thou openestºº
thine hand,º
they are filledºº
with good.º |
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104:29
But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust. |
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104:29
Thou hidestºº
thy face,º
they are troubled:ºº
thou takest awayºº
their breath,º
they die,ºº
and returnºº
toº
their dust.º |
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104:30
Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. |
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104:30
Thou sendestºº
forthº
thy spirit,º
they are created:ºº
and thou renewestºº
the faceº
of the earth.º |
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104:31
Let the glory of the Lord be for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works; |
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104:31
The gloryº
of Yahwehº
shall endureº
for ever:º
Yahwehº
shall rejoiceºº
in his works.º |
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104:32
who looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble; who touches the mountains, and they smoke. |
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104:32
He lookethºº
on the earth,º
and it trembleth:ºº
he touchethºº
the hills,º
and they smoke.ºº |
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104:33
I will sing to the Lord while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist. |
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104:33
I will singºº
unto Yahwehº
as long as I live:º
I will singºº
praiseº
to my Elohimº
while I have my being.º |
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104:34
Let my meditation be sweet to him: and I will rejoice in the Lord. |
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104:34
My meditationº
ofº
him shall be sweet:ºº
Iº
will be gladºº
in Yahweh.º |
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104:35
Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. |
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104:35
Let the sinnersº
be consumedºº
out ofº
the earth,º
and let the wickedº
be noº
more.º
Blessºº
thouº
Yahweh,º
O my soul.º
Praiseºº
ye Yah.º |
