| 1. My soul, bless the Lord. My God, You are very great, You are attired with majesty and beauty. |
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| 2. [You] enwrap Yourself with light like a garment; [You] extend the heavens like a curtain. |
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ב. |
| 3. Who roofs His upper chambers with water; Who makes clouds His chariot, which goes on the wings of the wind. |
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ג. |
| 4. He makes winds His messengers, burning fire His ministers. |
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ד. |
| 5. He founded the earth on its foundations that it not falter to eternity. |
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ה. |
| 6. You covered the deep as [with] a garment; the waters stand on the mountains. |
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| 7. From Your rebuke they fled; from the sound of Your thunder they hastened away. |
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ז. |
| 8. They ascended mountains, they descended into valleys to this place, which You had founded for them. |
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ח. |
| 9. You set a boundary that they should not cross, that they should not return to cover the earth. |
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ט. |
| 10. He sends the springs into the streams; they go between the mountains. |
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י. |
| 11. They water every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. |
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יא. |
| 12. Beside them the fowl of the heavens dwell; from between the branches they let out their voices. |
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יב. |
| 13. He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; from the fruit of Your works the earth is sated. |
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יג. |
| 14. He causes grass to sprout for the animals and vegetation for the work of man, to bring forth bread from the earth. |
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יד. |
| 15. And wine, which cheers man's heart, to make the face shine from oil, and bread, which sustains man's heart. |
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טו. |
| 16. The Lord's trees are sated, the cedars of Lebanon, which He planted. |
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טז. |
| 17. Where birds nest; as for the stork-the high junipers are its home. |
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יז. |
| 18. The lofty mountains for the ibexes; the rocks a shelter for the hyraxes. |
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יח. |
| 19. He made the moon for the appointed seasons; the sun knows its setting. |
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יט. |
| 20. You make darkness and it is night, in which every beast of the forest moves about. |
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כ. |
| 21. The young lions roar for prey and to beg their food from God. |
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כא. |
| 22. When the sun rises they gather in and couch in their dens. |
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כב. |
| 23. Man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening. |
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כג. |
| 24. How great are Your works, O Lord! You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions! |
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כד. |
| 25. This sea-great and wide; there are creeping things and innumerable beasts, both small and large. |
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כה. |
| 26. There the ships go; You formed this leviathan with which to sport. |
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כו. |
| 27. They all look to You with hope, to give their food in its time. |
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כז. |
| 28. You give them that they may gather; You open Your hand that they may be sated with goodness. |
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כח. |
| 29. You hide Your countenance and they are frightened; You gather in their spirit and they perish and return to their dust. |
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כט. |
| 30. You will send forth Your spirit and they will be created, and You will renew the surface of the ground. |
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ל. |
| 31. The glory of the Lord will be forever; the Lord will rejoice with His works. |
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לא. |
| 32. He Who looks at the earth and it quakes; He touches the mountains and they emit smoke. |
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לב. |
| 33. I shall sing to the Lord while I am alive; I shall sing praises to my God as long as I exist. |
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| 34. May my speech be pleasing to Him; I shall rejoice with the Lord. |
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לד. |
| 35. Sinners will be destroyed from the earth and the wicked will be no more; my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah. |
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לה. |
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