Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 104
Barachi (bless) Hashem, O my nefesh.
Hashem Elohai, Thou art gadol me'od;
Thou art clothed with hod (honor) and hadar (majesty).Psa 103:1; Psa 103:22
Who coverest Thyself with ohr (light) as with a garment;
Who stretchest out Shomayim like a tent (curtain);Gen 1:3; Gen 1:6; Gen 1:8
Who layeth the beams of His aliyyot (upper rooms) on the mayim;
Who maketh the clouds His merkavah;
Who walketh upon the wings of the ruach (wind);Gen 1:7
Who maketh ruchot (spirits, winds) His malachim;
His mesharetim (ministers), flaming eish.Heb 1:7
Who laid the mekhonim (foundations) of ha'aretz,
that it should not move out of place olam va'ed.
Thou coveredst it with the tehom (deep) as with a garment;
the mayim stood above the harim (mountains).
At Thy ga'arah (rebuke) they fled;
at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away.Job 37:5
They go up by the harim (mountains);
they go down by the beka'ot (valleys)
unto the makom (place) which Thou hast assigned for them.
Thou hast set a boundary that they104:9 the waters may not pass over;
that they return not to cover ha'aretz.Job 38:10
He sendeth the ma'ayanim (springs) into the ravines,
which run among the harim.Psa 74:15; Deu 11:11; Job 5:10
They give drink to every beast of the sadeh;
the pera'im (donkeys) quench their thirst.
By them shall the oph HaShomayim have their habitation,
which sing among the branches.
He watereth the harim from His aliyyot (upper rooms);
ha'aretz is satisfied with the p'ri (fruit) of Thy ma'asim.
He causeth the khatzir (grass) to grow for the behemah,
and esev for the avodas ha'adam;
that he may bring forth lechem out of ha'aretz;Psa 147:8
And yayin that maketh glad levav enosh,
and shemen to make panim (faces) to shine,
and lechem which strengtheneth levav enosh.Jdg 9:13
The trees of Hashem are full of sap,
the arazim (cedars) of Levanon, which He hath planted;
Where the tzipporim (birds) make their nests;
as for the khasidah (stork), the beroshim (cypresses) are her bais.
The high hills are a makhseh (refuge, shelter) for the wild goats;
and the rocks for the gophers.
He appointed the yarei'ach for mo'adim;
the shemesh knoweth the place of its going down.
Thou makest choshech, and it is lailah;
wherein all the beasts of the ya'ar (forest) do creep forth.Gen 1:16
The young lions roar after their teref (prey),
and seek their okhel from G-d.Psa 147:9; Isa 31:4
The shemesh ariseth, they retreat,
and lay themselves down in their me'onot (dwelling places, dens, homes).104:22 Yn 14:2Job 37:8
Adam goeth forth unto his work
and to his avodah (labor, service) until erev.
Hashem, how manifold are Thy ma'asim!
In chochmah (wisdom)104:24 cf Ps 33:6; Yn 1:1 hast Thou made them all;
ha'aretz is full of Thy riches.Psa 33:5; Psa 92:6
So is this gadol (great) and rekhav (wide, spacious) yam (sea),
wherein are remes (creeping things),
innumerable swarming chayyot (creatures), ketanot and gedolot.
There go the oniyyot (ships);
there is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made lesakhek (to play, to sport, to frolic) therein.Job 40:25
These wait all upon Thee;
that Thou mayest give them their ochel (food) in due season.Psa 145:15
That Thou givest them they gather;
Thou openest Thine yad, they are satisfied with tov.Pro 6:8
Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled;
Thou takest away their ruach, they expire,
and return to their aphar.Job 12:10; Dan 5:23
Thou sendest forth Thy Ruach,104:30 Hakodesh they are created;
and Thou renewest the face of adamah (earth).Job 33:4
The Kavod Hashem shall endure l'olam;
Hashem shall rejoice in His ma'asim (works).
He looketh on ha'aretz, and it trembleth;
He toucheth the harim, and they smoke.Psa 144:5
I will sing unto Hashem as long as I live;
I will sing praise to Elohai while I have my being.Psa 34:2
May my si'akh (musing, meditation) be acceptable to Him;
I will have simchah in Hashem.
Let the chatta'im (sinners) be consumed from ha'aretz,
and let the resha'im (wicked) be no more.
Baruch Hashem, O my nefesh.
Praise Hashem!Psa 103:1