Greek Psalm 103

You Send Forth Your Spirit, and They Are Created

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103:1Of David.

Bless the Lord, my soul.

Lord my God, You have become very great;

You have clothed Yourself in praise and dignity,

103:2wrapping Yourself in light like a garment,

stretching out heaven like a hide curtain;

103:3He roofs His upper chambers in waters,

makes clouds His means of ascent,

and walks on the wings of winds.

103:4He makes His angels winds,

and His ministers a burning fire.

103:5He founded the earth on its stability;

it will not be tilted for an age of ages.

103:6The abyss is His covering like a garment;

waters will stand upon the mountains.

103:7At Your rebuke they will flee;

at the voice of Your thunder they will become afraid.

103:8Mountains rise and plains descend

to the place You founded for them.

103:9You set a boundary they will not pass,

nor will they return to cover the earth.

103:10He sends springs into the ravines;

waters will pass between the mountains.

103:11They give drink to all the beasts of the field;

wild donkeys will receive it for their thirst.

103:12Upon them the birds of heaven will nest;

from among the rocks they will give voice.

103:13He waters mountains from His upper chambers;

the earth will be filled with the fruit of Your works.

103:14He makes grass spring up for livestock

and green plants for the service of humans,

to bring bread out of the earth;

103:15and wine gladdens the human heart,

to brighten the face with oil,

and bread makes the human heart firm.

103:16The trees of the plain will be filled,

the cedars of Lebanon that He planted;

103:17there sparrows will nest;

the heron’s house leads them.

103:18The high mountains are for deer;

a rock is a refuge for rock rabbits.

103:19He made the moon for seasons;

the sun knew its setting.

103:20You set darkness, and night came to be;

in it all the beasts of the forest will pass,

103:21young lions roaring to seize prey

and to seek food for themselves from God.

103:22The sun rose, and they gathered,

and they will lie down in their enclosures.

103:23A human will go out to his work

and to his labor until evening.

103:24How great Your works have become, Lord!

You made all things in wisdom;

the earth was filled with Your possession.

103:25Here is the sea, great and spacious;

there are creeping things without number,

living creatures small with great.

103:26There ships pass,

and this dragon, which You formed to play with it.

103:27All wait for You

to give them food at the right time.

103:28When You give to them, they will gather;

when You open Your hand, all things will be filled with goodness.

103:29When You turn Your face away, they will be troubled.

You will take back their breath, and they will fail

and return to their dust.

103:30You will send Your Spirit, and they will be created,

and You will renew the face of the earth.

103:31Let the Lord’s glory be forever;

the Lord will rejoice in His works.

103:32He looks upon the earth and makes it tremble;

He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

103:33I will sing to the Lord in my life;

I will make music to my God as long as I exist.

103:34May my meditation be sweet to Him;

as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord.

103:35May sinners vanish from the earth,

and lawless people, so that they no longer exist.

Bless the Lord, my soul.

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