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Psalm 104 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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(cf. Gen 1:1–31 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:1 - Let all that I am praise the LORD.
O LORD my God, how great you are!
You are robed with honor and majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:2 - You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
you ride upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:4 - The winds are your messengers;
flames of fire are your servants.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - You placed the world on its foundation
so it would never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 - You clothed the earth with floods of water,
water that covered even the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:7 - At your command, the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - Mountains rose and valleys sank
to the levels you decreed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:9 - Then you set a firm boundary for the seas,
so they would never again cover the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10 - You make springs pour water into the ravines,
so streams gush down from the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - They provide water for all the animals,
and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 - The birds nest beside the streams
and sing among the branches of the trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home,
and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - You cause grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for people to use.
You allow them to produce food from the earth—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - wine to make them glad,
olive oil to soothe their skin,
and bread to give them strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - The trees of the LORD are well cared for—
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 - There the birds make their nests,
and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - High in the mountains live the wild goats,
and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - You made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You send the darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals prowl about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - Then the young lions roar for their prey,
stalking the food provided by God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 - At dawn they slink back
into their dens to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23 - Then people go off to their work,
where they labor until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:24 - O LORD, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - Here is the ocean, vast and wide,
teeming with life of every kind,
both large and small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - See the ships sailing along,
and Leviathan,[fn] which you made to play in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 - They all depend on you
to give them food as they need it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 - When you supply it, they gather it.
You open your hand to feed them,
and they are richly satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - But if you turn away from them, they panic.
When you take away their breath,
they die and turn again to dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - When you give them your breath,[fn] life is created,
and you renew the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:31 - May the glory of the LORD continue forever!
The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:32 - The earth trembles at his glance;
the mountains smoke at his touch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:33 - I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.
I will praise my God to my last breath!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:34 - May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35 - Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;
let the wicked disappear forever.
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Greek version reads He sends his angels like the winds, / his servants like flames of fire. Compare Heb 1:7.
Or coneys, or rock badgers.
The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.
Or When you send your Spirit.
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