1 Bless the LORD, my soul, O praise him!
LORD my God, you are so great,
2 wrapped in light as with a garment,
clothed in majesty and state.
You have stretched out the heavens,
like a curtain vast and wide;
3 you build great celestial chambers
on the heav’nly waters high.
You make clouds of heav’n your chariot;
on the wings of wind you ride.
4 You make flames of fire your servants;
winds obey what you decide.
5 You established earth’s foundations,
surely it cannot be moved,
6 covered it with seas as garments;
mountains ‘neath the waters stood.
7 But when you rebuked the waters,
at your thunder they took flight;
8 they receded to the valleys,
flowing down the mountains’ height.
9 Flowing to their place appointed,
you set bounds where they remain;
never shall the mighty waters
overwhelm the land again.
10 God makes springs pour down the valleys.
Streams that flow from ev’ry hill
11 quench the thirst of all his creatures,
roaming donkeys drink their fill.
12 Birds of heaven dwell beside them,
sweetly singing in their nests.
13 From above, you water mountains,
filling earth with fruitfulness.
The psalm continues with Psalm 104B.
– Trinity Psalter Hymnal, alt.
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