The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever
aBless Yahweh, O my soul!
O Yahweh my God, You are very great;
You are bclothed with splendor and majesty,
2 Wrapping Yourself with alight as with a cloak,
bStretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
3 He alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
He sets up the bclouds to be His chariot;
He walks upon the cwings of the wind;
4 He makes His angels athe winds,
His ministers flaming bfire.
5 He afounded the earth upon its place,
So that it will not shake forever and ever.
6 You acovered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
7 At Your arebuke they fled,
At the bsound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.
8 The mountains went up; the valleys went down
To the aplace which You founded for them.
9 You set a aboundary that they may not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
10 He sends forth asprings in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
11 They agive water to every beast of the field;
The bwild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Above them the birds of the heavens adwell;
They give forth their voices among the branches.
13 He agives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;
bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
14 He causes the agrass to grow for the cattle,
And bvegetation for man’s cultivation,
To bring forth food cfrom the earth,
15 And awine which makes man’s heart glad,
bTo make his face glisten more than oil,
And food which csustains man’s heart.
16 The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the abirds build their nests,
The bstork’s home is in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the awild goats;
The bcliffs are a refuge for the cshephanim.
19 He made the moon afor the seasons;
The bsun knows the place of its setting.
20 You aappoint darkness so that it becomes night,
In which all the bbeasts of the forest ccreep about.
21 The ayoung lions roar to go after their prey
And to bseek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises they gather together
And lie down in their adens.
23 Man goes forth to ahis work
And to his labor until evening.
24 How anumerous are Your works, O Yahweh!
In bwisdom You have made them all;
The cearth is full of Your possessions.
25 This is the asea, great and broad,
There the creeping things are without number,
Creatures both small and great.
26 There the aships move along,
And bLeviathan, which You have formed to play in it.
27 They all await for You
To bgive them their food in due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You ahide Your face, they are dismayed;
You btake away their spirit, they breathe their last
And creturn to their dust.
30 You send forth Your aSpirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the aglory of Yahweh endure forever;
Let Yahweh bbe glad in His works;
32 He alooks at the earth, and it btrembles;
He ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to Yahweh athroughout my life;
I will bsing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 Let my amusing be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall bbe glad in Yahweh.
35 Let sinners be aconsumed from the earth
And let the bwicked be no more.
cBless Yahweh, O my soul.
dPraise Yah!