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Psalms

Chapter 103

Psalms · King David

¹ [A Psalm] of David.

Ps 103:1

² Who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment;

Ps 103:2

³ Who covers his chambers with waters;

Ps 103:3

⁴ Who makes his angels spirits,

Ps 103:4

⁵ Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation:

Ps 103:5

⁶ The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering:

Ps 103:6

⁷ At thy rebuke they shall flee;

Ps 103:7

⁸ They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains,

Ps 103:8

⁹ Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass,

Ps 103:9

¹⁰ He sends forth his fountains among the valleys:

Ps 103:10

¹¹ They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field:

Ps 103:11

¹² By them shall the birds of the sky lodge:

Ps 103:12

¹³ He waters the mountains from his chambers:

Ps 103:13

¹⁴ He makes grass to grow for the cattle,

Ps 103:14

¹⁵ And wine makes glad the heart of man,

Ps 103:15

¹⁶ The trees of the plain shall be full [of sap;]

Ps 103:16

¹⁷ There the sparrows will build their nests;

Ps 103:17

¹⁸ The high mountains are a refuge for the stags,

Ps 103:18

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons:

Ps 103:19

²⁰ Thou didst make darkness, and it was night;

Ps 103:20

²¹ [Even] young lions roaring for prey,

Ps 103:21

²² The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together,

Ps 103:22

²³ Man shall go forth to his work,

Ps 103:23

²⁴ How great are thy works, O Lord!

Ps 103:24

²⁵ [So is] this great and wide sea:

Ps 103:25

²⁶ There go the ships;

Ps 103:26

²⁷ All wait upon thee,

Ps 103:27

²⁸ When thou hast given [it] them, they will gather [it];

Ps 103:28

²⁹ But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled:

Ps 103:29

³⁰ Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created;

Ps 103:30

³¹ Let the glory of the Lord be forever:

Ps 103:31

³² Who looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble;

Ps 103:32

³³ I will sing to the Lord while I live;

Ps 103:33

³⁴ Let my meditation be sweet to him:

Ps 103:34

³⁵ Let the sinners fail from off the earth,

Ps 103:35