Psalm 104
How varied are your works, LORD!
In wisdom you have wrought them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Look at the sea, great and wide!
It teems with countless beings,
living things both large and small.
Here ships ply their course;
here Leviathan, your creature, plays.
All of these look to you
to give them food in due time.
When you give to them, they gather;
when you open your hand, they are well filled.
When you hide your face, they are lost.
When you take away their breath, they perish
and return to the dust from which they came.
When you send forth your breath, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD be glad in these works!
If God glares at the earth, it trembles;
if God touches the mountains, they smoke!
I will sing to the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
May my theme be pleasing to God;
I will rejoice in the LORD.
May sinners vanish from the earth,
and the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!
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