How Many Are Your Works, O LORD! 2 DRA And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: BSB BSB: He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
3 DRA Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds. BSB BSB: laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
4 DRA Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire. BSB BSB: He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
5 DRA Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever. BSB BSB: He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
6 DRA The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. BSB BSB: You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 DRA At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear. BSB BSB: At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
8 DRA The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them. BSB BSB: the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
9 DRA Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth. BSB BSB: You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
11 DRA All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst. BSB BSB: They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 DRA Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices. BSB BSB: The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
13 DRA Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: BSB BSB: He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
15 DRA And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man’s heart. BSB BSB: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
16 DRA The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted: BSB BSB: The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
17 DRA There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron. BSB BSB: where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
18 DRA The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins. BSB BSB: The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
19 DRA He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. BSB BSB: He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
20 DRA Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about: BSB BSB: You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
22 DRA The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens. BSB BSB: The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
23 DRA Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening. BSB BSB: Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
24 DRA How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches. BSB BSB: How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
25 DRA So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great. BSB BSB: Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
26 DRA There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein. BSB BSB: There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
28 DRA What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good. BSB BSB: When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
29 DRA But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust. BSB BSB: When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
30 DRA Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. BSB BSB: When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
31 DRA May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. BSB BSB: May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
32 DRA He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. BSB BSB: He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
33 DRA I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. BSB BSB: I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 DRA Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord. BSB BSB: May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
35 DRA Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord. BSB BSB: May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
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