How Many Are Your Works, O LORD! 2 UST You use light{ itself} as your robe; you spread out{ all of} heaven as your tent. BSB BSB: He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
3 UST The rain clouds are like the upper rooms of your palace. The clouds are like chariots for you; the wind is like a bird that takes you wherever you want to go. 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 UST You send the winds like your messengers,{ and you control} fire as your servant. BSB BSB: He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
5 UST You created the world to be secure, so that nothing can ever move it from its place. BSB BSB: He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
6 UST Later, you covered the earth with a flood, like covering someone with clothing; water even covered the mountains. BSB BSB: You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 UST Then you commanded the water, and it receded; yes, you spoke loudly, and the water rushed away. BSB BSB: At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
8 UST Part of the water ascended{ to its place} above the mountains, and part of it descended the valleys{ to its place in the earth}. All of it went{ back} to the place that you had determined for it. BSB BSB: the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
9 UST Then you set a boundary for the water that it cannot cross over. That boundary ensures that the water will never again cover the whole earth. BSB BSB: You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
11 UST Those streams provide water for all of his wild animals to drink. The wild donkeys{ drink the water and} are no longer thirsty. BSB BSB: They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 UST Birds make their nests beside the streams. They sing among the branches{ of the trees}. BSB BSB: The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
13 UST From the heavens you send rain down on the mountains. As a result of doing this, you satisfy all of the creatures on earth{ with many good things}. BSB BSB: He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
15 UST You give us{ grapes that produce} wine that makes us cheerful; you give us{ olives that produce} oil to make our faces shine, and you give us{ grain to make} bread that makes us strong. BSB BSB: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
16 UST Yahweh, you send plenty of rain to water your cedar trees that you planted in Lebanon. BSB BSB: The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
17 UST Birds make their nests in those trees, and storks make their nests in the cypress trees. BSB BSB: where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
18 UST High up in the mountains is where the wild goats live, and hyraxes live in the rocky cliffs. BSB BSB: The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
19 UST Yahweh, you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun to always go down at the right time. BSB BSB: He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
20 UST You bring darkness, and it becomes night when all of your forest animals prowl around. BSB BSB: You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
22 UST At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down. BSB BSB: The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
23 UST { That is when} people go to their work; and they do their work until it is evening. BSB BSB: Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
24 UST Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were very wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you made. BSB BSB: How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
25 UST We see the ocean, which is vastly wide between its shores! It is full of many kinds of wriggling creatures, so many that no one can count them. There are creatures ranging from small to big. BSB BSB: Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
26 UST Ships sail on the sea. Leviathan is also there, the creature that you made to splash around in it. BSB BSB: There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
28 UST When you give them the food that they need, then they gather it. You give it to them freely. They eat until they are full of your good things. BSB BSB: When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
29 UST But when you refuse to give food to them, they panic. When you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies decay and become part of the soil. BSB BSB: When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
30 UST When you cause{ newborn} creatures to begin to breathe, they begin to live. You give new life to{ all the living creatures on} the earth. BSB BSB: When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
31 UST I want all of Yahweh’ s creatures to glorify him forever! I want Yahweh to rejoice about everything that he has created! BSB BSB: May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
32 UST He makes the earth shake just by looking at it! When he{ merely} touches the mountains they start to burn! BSB BSB: He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
33 UST I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will praise my God until the day that I die. BSB BSB: I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 UST May Yahweh be pleased by all{ these things} that I have thought about him. As for me, I will rejoice because I know him. BSB BSB: May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
35 UST However, I want sinners to disappear from the earth, and for there to be no more wicked people! I tell myself,“Bless Yahweh!” Praise Yahweh! 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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