| 1 ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
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| 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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| 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
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| 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
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| 5 Who1 laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
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| 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
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| 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
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| 8 They go up2 by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
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| 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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| 10 ¶ He3 sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run4 among the hills.
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| 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench5 their thirst.
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| 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing6 among the branches.
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| 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
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| 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
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| 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil7 to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
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| 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
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| 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
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| 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
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| 19 ¶ He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
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| 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts8 of the forest do creep forth.
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| 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
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| 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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| 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
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| 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
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| 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
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| 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made9 to play therein.
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| 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
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| 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
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| 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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| 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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| 31 ¶ The glory of the LORD shall endure10 for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
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| 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
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| 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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| 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
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| 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
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