Psalms 104

barekhi nafshi et-Adonai Adonai elohay gadalta me'od hod vehadar lavoshta

Bless the ETERNAL One, O my soul; O ETERNAL One, my God, You are very great; You are clothed in glory and majesty,

oteh-or kassalmah noteh shamayim kayri'ah

wrapped in a robe of light; You spread the heavens like a tent cloth.

hameqareh vammayim aliyyotayw hassam-avim rekhuvo hamehallekh al-kanfe-ruakh

You set the rafters of the heavenly lofts in the waters— making the clouds a chariot, moving on the wings of the wind.

oseh malakhayw rukhot mesharetayw esh lohet

You make messengers of the winds, servants of fiery flames.

yasad-erets al-mekhoneha bal-timmot olam va'ed

You established the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never totter.

tehom kallevush kissito al-harim ya'amdu-mayim

You made the deep cover it as a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

min-ga'aratekha yenusun min-qol ra'amkha yekhafezun

They fled at Your blast, rushed away at the sound of Your thunder—

ya'alu harim yeredu veqa'ot el-meqom zeh yasadta lahem

mountains rising, valleys sinking— to the place You established for them.

gevul-samta bal-ya'avorun bal-yeshuvun lekhassot ha'arets

You set bounds they must not pass so that they never again cover the earth.

hameshalleakh mayanim bannekhalim ben harim yehallekhun

You make springs gush forth in torrents; they make their way between the hills,

yashqu kol-khayto saday yishberu fera'im tsema'am

giving drink to all the wild beasts; the wild asses slake their thirst.

alehem of-hashamayim yishkon mibben ofayim yittenu-qol

The birds of the sky dwell beside them and sing among the foliage.

mashqeh harim me'aliyyotayw mipperi ma'asekha tisba ha'arets

You water the mountains from Your lofts; the earth is sated from the fruit of Your work.

matsmiakh khatsir labbehemah ve'esev la'avodat ha'adam lehotsi lekhem min-ha'arets

You make the grass grow for the cattle, and herbage for humans’ labor that they may get food out of the earth—

veyayin yesammakh levav-enosh lehatshil panim mishamen velekhem levav-enosh yisad

wine that cheers human hearts, oil that makes the face shine, and bread that sustains human life.

yisbe'u atse Adonai arze levanon asher nata

The trees of the ETERNAL drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, God’s own planting,

asher-sham tsipporim yeqannenu khasidah beroshim betah

where birds make their nests; the stork has her home in the junipers.

harim haggevohim layye'elim sela'im makhseh lashfannim

The high mountains are for wild goats; the crags are a refuge for rock-badgers.

asah yareakh lemo'adim shemesh yada mevo'o

[God] made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

tashet-khoshekh vihi layelah bo-tirmos kol-khayto-ya'ar

You bring on darkness and it is night, when all the beasts of the forests stir.

hakkefirim sho'agim lattaref ulevaqqesh me'el okhlam

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

tizrakh hashemesh ye'asefun ve'el-me'onotam yirbatsun

When the sun rises, they come home and couch in their dens.

yetse adam lefo'olo vela'avodato ade-arev

People then go out to their work, to their labor until the evening.

mah-rabbu ma'asekha Adonai kullam bekhokhmah asita male'ah ha'arets qinyanekha

How many are the things You have made, O ETERNAL One; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your creations.

zeh hayyam gadol urekhav yadayim sham-remes ve'en mispar khayyot qetannot im-gedolot

There is the sea, vast and wide, with its creatures beyond number, living things, small and great.

sham oniyyot yehallekhun livyatan zeh-yatsarta lesakheq-bo

There go the ships, and Leviathan that You formed to sport with.

kullam elekha yesabberun latet okhlam be'itto

All of them look to You to give them their food when it is due.

titten lahem yilqotun tiftakh yadekha yisbe'un tov

Give it to them, they gather it up; open Your hand, they are well satisfied;

tastir panekha yibbahelun tosef rukham yigva'un ve'el-afaram yeshuvun

hide Your face, they are terrified; take away their breath, they perish and turn again into dust;

teshallakh rukhakha yibbare'un utekhaddesh pene adamah

send back Your breath, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

yehi khevod Adonai le'olam yismakh Adonai bema'asayw

May GOD’s glory endure forever; may GOD rejoice in these works!

hammabbit la'arets vattirad yigga beharim veye'eshanu

—The One who looks at the earth and it trembles, touches the mountains and they smoke.

ashirah la-Adonai bekhayyay azammerah lelohay be'odi

I will sing to the ETERNAL as long as I live; all my life I will chant hymns to my God.

ye'erav alayw sikhi anokhi esmakh ba-Adonai

May my prayer be found pleasing; I will rejoice in GOD.

yittammu khatta'im min-ha'arets uresha'im od enam barekhi nafshi et-Adonai halelu-yah

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless Yah, O my soul. Hallelujah.