Holman Christian Standard Bible

New Living Translation

1My soul, praise Yahweh! LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

1Let all that I am praise the LORD. O LORD my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.

2He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy,

2You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;

3laying the beams of His palace on the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind,

3you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind.

4and making the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

4The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.

5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.

5You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.

6You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

6You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.

7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away--

7At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

8mountains rose and valleys sank-- to the place You established for them.

8Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.

9You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never cover the earth again.

9Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.

10He causes the springs to gush into the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

10You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.

11They supply water for every wild beast; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

11They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12The birds of the sky live beside the springs; they sing among the foliage.

12The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.

13He waters the mountains from His palace; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.

13You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

14He causes grass to grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, producing food from the earth,

14You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth—

15wine that makes man's heart glad-- making his face shine with oil-- and bread that sustains man's heart.

15wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength.

16The trees of the LORD flourish, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.

16The trees of the LORD are well cared for— the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

17There the birds make their nests; the stork makes its home in the pine trees.

17There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.

18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.

18High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.

19He made the moon to mark the festivals; the sun knows when to set.

19You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.

20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals stir.

20You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.

21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

21Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.

22The sun rises; they go back and lie down in their dens.

22At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.

23Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.

23Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening.

24How countless are Your works, LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

24O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.

25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small.

25Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.

26There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

26See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.

27All of them wait for You to give them their food at the right time.

27They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.

28When You give it to them, they gather it; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

28When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.

29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

29But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.

30When You send Your breath, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

30When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.

31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

31May the glory of the LORD continue forever! The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!

32He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.

32The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.

33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.

33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!

34May my meditation be pleasing to Him; I will rejoice in the LORD.

34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

35May sinners vanish from the earth and wicked people be no more. My soul, praise Yahweh! Hallelujah!

35Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!

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