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Psalms 104

1 An excellent Psalme to praise God for the creation of the world and the governance of the same by his marvelous providence, 35 Wherein the Prophet praieth against the wicked, who are occasions that God diminished his blessings.
1.My soul, praise thou the Lord: ô Lord my God, thou art exceeding great, thou art aclothed with glorie and honour.
2.Which covereth him self with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heavens like a curtain.
3.Which laieth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
4.Which bmaketh the spirits his messengers, and a flaming fire his ministers.
5.He set the earth upon her foundacions, so that it shal never move.
6.Thou coveredst it with the cdeep as with a garment: the dwaters would stand above the mountains.
7.But at thy rebuke they flee: at the voice of thy thunder they haste awaie.
8.And the mountains ascend, and the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them.
9.But thou hast set them a bonde, which they shal not pass: they shal not return to cover the earth.
10.He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which run between the mountains.
11.Thei shal give drink to all the ebeastes of the field, and the wild asses shal quench their thirst.
12.By these fsprings shal the foules of the heaven dwell, and sing among the branches.
13.He watereth the mountains from his gchambers, and the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
14.He causeth grass to grow for the cattel, and herbe for the use of hman, that he maie bring forth bread out of the earth,
15.And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, & bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.
16.The high trees are satisfied, even the cedres of Lebanón, which he hath planted,
17.That the birds maie make their nests there: the stork dwelleth in the fir trees.
18.The high mountains are for the ^goats: the rocks are a refuge for the conies.
19.He appointed the imoon for certain seasons: kthe sunne knoweth his going down.
20.Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
21.The lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat lat God.
22.When the sun riseth, they retire, and couch in their dens.
23.mThen goeth man forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.
24.O Lord, how nmanifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is ful of thy riches.
25.So is this sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beasts and great.
26.There go the ships, yea, that ^Liviathán, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27.oAll these wait upon thee, that thou maiest give them food in due season.
28.Thou givest it to them, and they gather it: thou openest thine hand, and they are filled with good things.
29.But if thou phide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take awaie their breath, they dye and return to their dust.
30.Again if thou qsend forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renuest the face of the earth.
31.Glory be to the Lord for ever: let the Lord rejoyce in his works.
32.He loketh on the earth and it trembleth: he toucheth the mountains, and they rsmoke.
33.I wil sing unto the Lord all my life: I wil praise my God, while I live.
34.Let my words be acceptable unto him: I wil rejoyce in the Lord.
35.Let the sinners be sconsumed out of the earth, and the wicked till there be no more: ô my soul, praise thou the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

Notes

1-a.
The Prophet shows that we need not to enter into the heavens to seek God, forasmuch as all the order of nature, with the propriety and placing of the elements, are most lively mirrors to see his majesty in.
4-b.
As the Prophet here shows that all visible powers are ready to serve God: so the Apostle to the Ebr. 1.7 beholds in this glass, how the very Angels also are obedient to his commandment.
6-c.
You make the sea to be an ornament unto the earth.
6-d.
If by your power you did not bridle the rage of the waters, it were not possible, but the whole world should be destroyed.
11-e.
If God provide for the very beasts, much more will he extend his provident care to man.
12-f.
There is no part of the world so barren, where most evident signs of God’s blessings appear not.
13-g.
From the clouds.
14-h.
He describes God’s provident care over man, who does not only provide necessary things for him, as herbs and other meat: but also things to rejoyce and comfort him, as wine and oil or ointments.
18-^.
Or, does, roes, and such like.
19-i.
As to separate the night from the day, and to note days, months and years.
19-k.
That is, by his course, either far or near, it notes summer, winter and other seasons.
21-l.
That is, they only find meat according to God’s providence, who cares even for the brute beasts.
23-m.
To wit, when the day springs, for the light is as it were a shield to defend man against the tyranny and fierceness of beasts.
24-n.
He confesses that no tongue is able to express God’s works, nor mind to comprehend them.
26-^.
Or, whale.
27-o.
God is a most nourishing Father, who provides for all creatures their daily food.
29-p.
As by your presence all things have life: so, if you withdraw your blessings, they shall perish.
30-q.
As the death of creatures shows that we are nothing of ourselves: so their generation declares that we receive all things of our Creator.
32-r.
God’s merciful face gives strength to the earth, but his severe countenance burns the mountains.
35-s.
Who infect the world, and so cause God that he can can’t rejoice in his works.