How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!

¹Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. ²He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, ³laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. ⁴He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

⁵He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. ⁶You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— ⁸the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ⁹You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

¹⁰He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains. ¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹²The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches. ¹³He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

¹⁴He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: ¹⁵wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. ¹⁶The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted, ¹⁷where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses. ¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. ²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. ²¹The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. ²²The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. ²³Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

²⁴How many are Your works, O LORD! 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 great and small. ²⁶There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

²⁷All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season. ²⁸When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. ²⁹When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. ³⁰When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works. ³²He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder. ³³I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. ³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!