Psalm 104, side by side

¹Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

¹Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

²He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

³laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

⁴He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

⁵He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

⁶You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

⁸the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

⁸They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

⁹You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

¹⁰He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

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

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

¹²The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

¹²By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

¹³He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

¹³He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

¹⁵wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

¹⁶The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

²¹The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

²²The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

²²The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

²³Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

²³Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

²⁴O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

²⁵So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

²⁶There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

²⁶There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

²⁷All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

²⁷These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

²⁸When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

²⁸That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

²⁹When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

³⁰When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

³¹The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.

³²He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

³²He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

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

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

³⁴My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

³⁵May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

³⁵Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.