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.