Book of Psalms, No. 104
Psalms 104 NWT - New World TranslationNo. 104 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ Bless Jehovah, O my soul.1
O Jehovah my God, you have proved very great.2
With dignity and splendor you have clothed3 yourself, - ¶ Enwrapping yourself with light as with a garment,4
Stretching out the heavens like a tent cloth,5 - ¶ The One building his upper chambers with beams in the very waters,6
Making the clouds his chariot,7
Walking upon the wings of the wind,8 - ¶ Making his angels spirits,[a]9
His ministers a devouring fire.10 - ¶ He has founded the earth upon its established places;11
It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.12 - ¶ With a watery deep[b] just like a garment you covered it.13
The waters were standing above the very mountains.14 - ¶ At your rebuke they began to flee;15
At the sound of your thunder they were sent running in panic— - ¶ Mountains proceeded to ascend,16
Valley plains proceeded to descend—
To the place that you have founded for them. - ¶ A boundary you set, beyond which they should not pass,17
That they should not again cover the earth.18 - ¶ He is sending springs into the torrent valleys;19
Between the mountains they keep going on. - ¶ They continually give drink to all the wild beasts of the open field;20
The zebras21 regularly quench their thirst. - ¶ Above them roost the flying creatures of the heavens;22
From among the thick foliage they keep giving forth sound.23 - ¶ He is watering the mountains from his upper chambers.24
With the fruitage[c] of your works the earth is satisfied.25 - ¶ He is making green grass sprout for the beasts,26
And vegetation for the service of mankind,[d]27
To cause food[e] to go forth from the earth,28 - ¶ And wine that makes the heart of mortal man[f] rejoice,29
To make the face shine with oil,30
And bread that sustains the very heart of mortal man.31 - ¶ The trees of Jehovah are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebʹa·non that he planted,32 - ¶ Where the birds themselves make nests.33
As for the stork, the juniper trees are its house.34 - ¶ The high mountains35 are for the mountain goats;36
The crags are a refuge for the rock badgers.37 - ¶ He has made the moon for appointed times;38
The sun itself knows well where it sets.39 - ¶ You cause darkness, that it may become night;40
In it all the wild animals of the forest move forth. - ¶ The maned young lions are roaring for the prey41
And for seeking their food from God[g] himself.42 - ¶ The sun begins to shine43—they withdraw
And they lie down in their own hiding places.[h] - ¶ Man[i] goes forth to his activity44
And to his service until evening.45 - ¶ How many your works are, O Jehovah!46
All of them in wisdom you have made.47
The earth is full of your productions.48 - ¶ As for this sea so great and wide,[j]49
There there are moving things without number,50
Living creatures, small as well as great.51 - ¶ There the ships go;52
As for Le·viʹa·than,[k]53 him you have formed to play about in it.54 - ¶ All of them—for you they keep waiting55
To give [them] their food in its season.56 - ¶ What you give them they pick up.57
You open your hand—they get satisfied with good things.58 - ¶ If you conceal your face, they get disturbed.59
If you take away their spirit,[l] they expire,60
And back to their dust they go.61 - ¶ If you send forth your spirit, they are created;62
And you make the face of the ground new. - ¶ The glory of Jehovah will prove to be to time indefinite.63
Jehovah will rejoice in his works.64 - ¶ He is looking at the earth, and it trembles;65
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.66 - ¶ I will sing to Jehovah throughout my life;67
I will make melody to my God as long as I am.68 - ¶ Let my musing about him be pleasurable.69
I, for my part, shall rejoice in Jehovah.70 - ¶ The sinners will be finished off from the earth;71
And as for the wicked, they will be no longer.72
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise Jah,[m] YOU people![n]73
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, “winds.” Heb., ru·chohthʹ, pl. Vs 3 contains “wind” (ruʹach), sing.
- ^ Or, “surging waters.” Heb., tehohmʹ; LXXVg, “abyss.” See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Deep.”
- ^ Or, “With the moisture,” by a correction of M.
- ^ Lit., “the earthling man.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
- ^ Lit., “bread.”
- ^ “Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
- ^ “From God.” Heb., me·ʼElʹ.
- ^ Or, “dwellings.”
- ^ Or, “Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
- ^ Lit., “wide on both sides (hands),” that is, spacious.
- ^ “Leviathan.” Heb., liw·ya·thanʹ; LXXVg, “the dragon (serpent).”
- ^ “Their spirit (breath).” Heb., ru·chamʹ; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tum.
- ^ “Jah.” Heb., Yah, an abbreviated form of the divine name. Compare 68:4 ftn.
- ^ “Praise Jah, you people!” Heb., Ha·lelu-Yahʹ; Gr., Al·le·louʹi·a; Lat., Al·le·luʹia. See App 1D.
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 103:1
- ^ Ps 48:1; 77:13; 86:10; Da 9:4
- ^ 1Ch 16:27; Jb 37:22; Ps 8:1; 96:6; Eze 1:28; Da 7:9
- ^ Jm 1:17; 1Jo 1:5
- ^ Is 40:22; 45:12
- ^ Ps 18:11; Am 9:6
- ^ De 33:26; Is 19:1
- ^ 2Sa 22:11; Jb 38:1; 40:6; Ps 18:10
- ^ 1Ki 22:21; Heb 1:7
- ^ Eze 1:13; Heb 1:14
- ^ Jb 26:7; 38:6; Ps 24:2; Pr 3:19
- ^ Ps 93:1; 96:10; Ec 1:4
- ^ Ge 1:2; Pr 3:20
- ^ Jb 38:9; Pr 8:28; 2Pe 3:5
- ^ Ge 1:9; 8:1
- ^ Ge 8:5; Pr 8:25
- ^ Jb 26:10; 38:10; Ps 33:7; Pr 8:29; Je 5:22
- ^ Ge 9:11
- ^ De 8:7; Is 41:18
- ^ Ps 145:16
- ^ Jb 39:5
- ^ Ps 84:3; Lu 9:58
- ^ Ps 147:9
- ^ De 11:11; Jb 38:37; Ps 147:8; Je 10:13; Am 9:6; Zc 10:1; Mt 5:45; Ac 14:17
- ^ Ps 65:9
- ^ Ge 1:30; 1Ki 18:5; Je 14:6; Jl 2:22
- ^ Ge 1:29; 3:18; 9:3; Jb 38:27; Heb 6:7
- ^ Jb 28:5; 1Co 3:7
- ^ Jg 9:13; 2Sa 13:28; Es 1:10; Pr 31:6; Ec 2:3; 9:7; 10:19
- ^ Ps 92:10
- ^ Je 37:21
- ^ Ps 92:12; Eze 17:23
- ^ Da 4:21
- ^ Je 8:7
- ^ Is 18:6
- ^ Jb 39:1; Ps 50:10
- ^ Pr 30:26
- ^ Ge 1:16; Ps 136:9; Je 31:35; 1Co 15:41
- ^ Ps 19:6
- ^ Ge 1:5; Ps 74:16; Is 45:7
- ^ Jb 38:39; Is 31:4; Am 3:4
- ^ Ps 147:9; Jl 1:20
- ^ 2Sa 23:4; Na 3:17
- ^ Ge 3:19; Eph 4:28
- ^ Jg 19:16; 2Th 3:8
- ^ Ne 9:6
- ^ Ps 136:5; Pr 3:19; Je 10:12
- ^ Ps 24:1; 50:12
- ^ Ps 95:5
- ^ Ge 1:21
- ^ Jb 12:8
- ^ Ps 107:23
- ^ Jb 41:1
- ^ Jb 40:20; 41:5
- ^ Ps 36:6
- ^ Ps 136:25; 145:15; 147:9; Mt 6:26; 24:45
- ^ Lu 12:24
- ^ Ps 107:9; 145:16
- ^ Ps 30:7
- ^ Jb 12:10; 34:14; Ps 146:4; Ec 8:8; 12:7; Is 42:5; Ac 17:25
- ^ Ge 3:19; Ec 3:20
- ^ Nu 27:16; Jb 33:4; Ps 33:6; Is 32:15; Eze 37:9; Ac 17:28
- ^ Ps 102:16; Ro 11:36; Ga 1:5
- ^ Ge 1:31; Ex 31:17; Is 65:19; Je 32:41
- ^ Hab 3:10
- ^ Ex 19:18; Ps 144:5
- ^ Ps 13:6; 21:13; 68:4
- ^ Ps 63:4; 146:2
- ^ Ps 63:6
- ^ Ps 32:11; 64:10
- ^ Ps 37:38; 101:8; Pr 2:22
- ^ Ps 37:10
- ^ Ps 103:2; 104:1; 150:6
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