Глава 104

  • 1. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
  • 2. He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
  • 3. He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
  • 4. He makes his messengers{or, angels} winds; his servants flames of fire.
  • 5. He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
  • 6. You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
  • 7. At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
  • 8. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
  • 9. You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.
  • 10. He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
  • 11. They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
  • 12. The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
  • 13. He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
  • 14. He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
  • 15. wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
  • 16. Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
  • 17. where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
  • 18. The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
  • 19. He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
  • 20. You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
  • 21. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
  • 22. The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.
  • 23. Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.
  • 24. Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
  • 25. There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
  • 26. There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
  • 27. These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
  • 28. You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
  • 29. You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
  • 30. You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
  • 31. Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
  • 32. He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
  • 33. I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
  • 34. Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
  • 35. Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!