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The LORD’S Care over All His Works. 1Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
2Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
3[a]He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; [b]He makes the clouds His chariot; [c]He walks on the wings of the wind;
4[d]He makes [e]the winds His messengers, [f]Flaming fire His ministers.
5He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not [g]totter forever and ever.
6You covered it with the deep sea as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
7They fled from Your rebuke, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
8The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
9You set a boundary so that they will not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
10[h]He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains;
11They give drink to every animal of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12The birds of the sky dwell [i]beside them; They [j]lift up their voices from among the branches.
13[k]He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
14[l]He causes the grass to grow for the [m]cattle, And vegetation for the labor of mankind, So that [n]they may produce [o]food from the earth,
15And wine, which makes a human heart cheerful, So that he makes his face gleam with oil, And [p]food, which sustains a human heart.
16The trees of the LORD [q]drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the juniper trees.
18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock hyrax.
19He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
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