1. Bless God, my soul. O Lord my God,thou art exceeding great;With honour and with majestythou clothed art in state.
2. With light, as with a robe, thyselfthou coverest about;And, like unto a curtain, thouthe heavens stretchest out.
3. Who of his chambers doth the beamswithin the waters lay;Who doth the clouds his chariot make,on wings of wind make way.
4. Who flaming fire his ministers,his angels sp'rits, doth make:
5. Who earth's foundations did lay,that it should never shake.
6. Thou didst it cover with the deep,as with a garment spread:The waters stood above the hills,when thou the word but said.
7. But at the voice of thy rebukethey fled, and would not stay;They at thy thunder's dreadful voicedid haste them fast away.
8. They by the mountains do ascend,and by the valley-groundDescend, unto that very placewhich thou for them didst found.
9. Thou hast a bound unto them set,that they may not pass over,That they do not return againthe face of earth to cover.
10. He to the valleys sends the springs,which run among the hills:
11. They to all beasts of field give drink,wild asses drink their fills.
12. By them the fowls of heav'n shall havetheir habitation,Which do among the branches singwith delectation.
13. He from his chambers watereththe hills, when they are dry'd:With fruit and increase of thy worksthe earth is satisfy'd.
14. For cattle he makes grass to grow,he makes the herb to springFor th' use of man, that food to himhe from the earth may bring;
15. And wine, that to the heart of mandoth cheerfulness impart,Oil that his face makes shine,and bread that strengtheneth his heart.
16. The trees of God are full of sap;the cedars that do standIn Lebanon, which planted wereby his almighty hand.
17. Birds of the air upon their boughsdo chuse their nests to make;As for the stork, the fir-tree shedoth for her dwelling take.
18. The lofty mountains for wild goatsa place of refuge be;The conies also to the rocksdo for their safety flee.
19. He sets the moon in heav'n, therebythe seasons to discern:From him the sun his certain timeof going down doth learn.
20. Thou darkness mak'st, 'tis night, then beastsof forests creep abroad.
21. The lions young roar for their prey,and seek their meat from God.
22. The sun doth rise, and home they flock,down in their dens they lie.
23. Man goes to work, his labour hedoth to the ev'ning ply.
24. How manifold, Lord, are thy works!in wisdom wonderfulThou ev'ry one of them hast made;earth's of thy riches full:
25. So is this great and spacious sea,wherein things creeping are,Which number'd cannot be; and beastsboth great and small are there.
26. There ships go; there thou mak'st to playthat leviathan great.
27. These all wait on thee, that thou may'stin due time give them meat.
28. That which thou givest unto themthey gather for their food;Thine hand thou open'st lib'rally,they filled are with good.
29. Thou hid'st thy face; they troubled are,their breath thou tak'st away;Then do they die, and to their dustreturn again do they.
30. Thy quick'ning spirit thou send'st forth,then they created be;And then the earth's decayed facerenewed is by thee.
31. The glory of the mighty Lordcontinue shall for ever:The Lord JEHOVAH shall rejoicein all his works together.
32. Earth, as affrighted, trembleth all,if he on it but look;And if the mountains he but touch,they presently do smoke.
33. I will sing to the Lord most high,so long as I shall live;And while I being have I shallto my God praises give.
34. Of him my meditation shallsweet thoughts to me afford;And as for me, I will rejoicein God, my only Lord.
35. From earth let sinners be consum'd,let ill men no more be.O thou my soul, bless thou the Lord.Praise to the Lord give ye.