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| [1]Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on. |
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| [2]Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain, |
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| [3]Who 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, |
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| [4]Making His messengers -- the winds, His ministers -- the flaming fire. |
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| [5]He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever. |
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| [6]The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand. |
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| [7]From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away. |
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| [8]They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. |
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| [9]A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth. |
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| [10]Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on. |
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| [11]They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst. |
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| [12]By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice. |
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| [13]Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied. |
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| [14]Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth, |
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| [15]And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth. |
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| [16]Satisfied [are] the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted, |
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| [17]Where birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs [are] her house. |
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| [18]The high hills [are] for wild goats, Rocks [are] a refuge for conies, |
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| [19]He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance. |
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| [20]Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep. |
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| [21]The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food. |
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| [22]The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch. |
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| [23]Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service -- till evening. |
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| [24]How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions. |
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| [25]This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There [are] moving things -- innumerable, Living creatures -- small with great. |
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| [26]There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it. |
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| [27]All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season. |
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| [28]Thou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they [are] satisfied [with] good. |
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| [29]Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back. |
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| [30]Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground. |
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| [31]The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works, |
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| [32]Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke. |
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| [33]I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. |
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| [34]Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah. |
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| [35]Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah! |
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