Sep 30, 2019
1 Praise the Lord, my soul.
Lord my God, you are very
great;
you are clothed with splendor and
majesty.
2 The Lord wraps himself in light as
with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a
tent
3 and lays the
beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his
chariot
and rides on the wings of the
wind.
4 He makes winds his messengers,[a]
flames of fire his servants.
5 He set the
earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved.
6 You covered it with the watery
depths as with a garment;
the waters stood above the
mountains.
7 But at your rebuke the waters
fled,
at the sound of your thunder they took to
flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned for
them.
9 You set a boundary they cannot
cross;
never again will they cover the
earth.
10 He makes
springs pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water to all the beasts of
the field;
the wild donkeys quench their
thirst.
12 The birds of the sky nest by the
waters;
they sing among the branches.
13 He waters the mountains from his
upper chambers;
the land is satisfied by the fruit of his
work.
14 He makes grass grow for the
cattle,
and plants for people to
cultivate—
bringing forth food from the
earth:
15 wine that gladdens human
hearts,
oil to make their faces
shine,
and bread that sustains their
hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he
planted.
17 There the birds make their
nests;
the stork has its home in the
junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild
goats;
the crags are a refuge for the
hyrax.