1 B less, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

2 C overing himself light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

3 W ho is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

4 M aking His messengers -- the winds, His ministers -- the flaming fire.

5 H e hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

6 T he abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

7 F rom Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

8 T hey go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

9 A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

10 W ho is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.

11 T hey water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.

12 B y them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

13 W atering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

14 C ausing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

15 A nd wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.

16 S atisfied the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

17 W here birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs her house.

18 T he high hills for wild goats, Rocks a refuge for conies,

19 H e made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

20 T hou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

21 T he young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.

22 T he sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.

23 M an goeth forth to his work, And to his service -- till evening.

24 H ow many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

25 T his, the sea, great and broad of sides, There moving things -- innumerable, Living creatures -- small with great.

26 T here do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

27 A ll of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

28 T hou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they satisfied good.

29 T hou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

30 T hou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

31 T he honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,

32 W ho is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.

33 I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

34 S weet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah.

35 C onsumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!