How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
Bless the LORD, O my soul! Psa 103:22Psa 145:3Psa 96:6Dan 9:4Isa 59:17Psa 103:1-2Psa 93:1Jer 32:17-19
O LORD my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; Isa 40:22Dan 7:9Isa 45:121Jn 1:51Ti 6:16Heb 1:10-12Mat 17:2Zec 12:1
He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
laying the beams of His chambers Amo 9:62Sa 22:11Isa 19:1Psa 18:10-11Nam 1:3Psa 139:9Mat 26:64Rev 1:7
in the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind.
He makes the winds His messengers, Heb 1:72Ki 2:112Ki 6:17Heb 1:14Psa 148:8Ezk 1:13Act 23:8
flames of fire His servants. 1
He set the earth on its foundations, Job 26:7Psa 24:2Psa 33:9Psa 96:10Rev 20:112Pe 3:10Ecc 1:4Psa 136:6
never to be moved.
You covered it with the deep like a garment; Gen 7:192Pe 3:5Gen 1:2-10
the waters stood above the mountains.
At Your rebuke the waters fled; Psa 18:15Gen 8:1Mrk 4:39Pro 8:28Psa 106:9Psa 114:3-7Psa 77:18
at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
the mountains rose and the valleys sank Gen 8:5Psa 33:7
to the place You assigned for them—
You set a boundary they cannot cross, Job 38:10-11Gen 9:11-15Isa 54:9Jer 5:22Job 26:10Psa 33:7
that they may never again cover the earth.
He sends forth springs in the valleys; Isa 41:18Psa 107:35Isa 35:7Deu 8:7
they flow between the mountains.
They give drink to every beast of the field; Psa 145:16Job 39:5-8Psa 104:13
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
The birds of the air nest beside the springs; Psa 50:11Psa 148:10Mat 6:26Mat 8:20Psa 104:16-17Psa 147:9Psa 84:3
they sing among the branches.
He waters the mountains from His chambers; Psa 147:8Jer 10:13Jer 14:22Deu 11:11Job 38:25-28Job 38:37Psa 65:9-13Act 14:17
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
He makes the grass grow for the livestock Psa 136:25Psa 147:8-9Job 28:5Psa 145:15-161Co 3:7Gen 9:3Gen 1:11-12Gen 3:18
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
bringing forth food from the earth:
wine that gladdens the heart of man, Psa 23:5Ecc 10:19Ecc 9:7Jdg 9:13Eph 5:18Heb 1:9Psa 92:101Jn 2:20
oil that makes his face to shine,
and bread that sustains his heart.
The trees of the LORD have their fill, Num 24:6Psa 29:5Psa 92:2Ezk 17:23
the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
where the birds build their nests; Psa 104:12Lev 11:19Dan 4:21Ezk 31:6Jer 22:23Jer 8:7Mat 13:32Oba 1:4
the stork makes her home in the cypresses. 2
The high mountains are for the wild goats, Pro 30:26Job 39:11Sa 24:2Lev 11:5Deu 14:7
the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers. 3
He made the moon to mark the seasons; Gen 1:14-18Jer 31:35Psa 136:7-9Job 38:12Psa 19:6Psa 8:3Job 31:26-28Deu 4:19
the sun knows when to set.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, Isa 45:7Psa 74:16Amo 1:13Gen 1:4-5Gen 8:22Psa 139:10-12Psa 50:10
when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
The young lions roar for their prey Job 38:39Jol 1:20Psa 34:10Ezk 19:2-14Jol 2:22Amo 3:4Isa 31:4Job 38:41
and seek their food from God.
The sun rises, and they withdraw; Job 37:8Jhn 3:20Job 24:13-17Nam 3:17
they lie down in their dens.
Man goes forth to his work Gen 3:19Ecc 5:12Eph 4:28Jdg 19:162Th 3:8-12
and to his labor until evening.
How many are Your works, O LORD! Jer 10:12Psa 40:5Psa 50:10-12Eph 3:10Rom 11:33Psa 107:31Gen 1:24-25Psa 24:1
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.
Here is the sea, vast and wide, Psa 69:34Psa 95:4-5Act 28:5Gen 1:28Deu 33:14-16Gen 1:20-22Gen 3:1Deu 33:19
teeming with creatures beyond number,
living things both great and small.
There the ships pass, Psa 107:23Isa 27:1Psa 74:14Ezk 27:9Gen 49:13Job 3:8Job 41:1-34
and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
All creatures look to You Psa 136:25Psa 147:9Job 38:41Luk 12:24-28Psa 145:15-16Job 36:31Psa 36:6
to give them their food in due season.
When You give it to them, Psa 145:16
they gather it up;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
When You hide Your face, Ecc 12:7Job 34:14-15Psa 146:4Act 17:25Gen 3:19Psa 30:7Psa 90:3Job 10:9
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to dust.
When You send Your Spirit, 4 Job 33:4Ezk 37:9Rev 21:5Isa 65:17Job 26:13Psa 33:6Tit 3:5Eph 2:1
they are created,
and You renew
the face of the earth.
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; 2Ti 4:18Gen 1:31Eph 3:21Jer 32:41Exo 31:17Isa 62:5Isa 65:18-19Luk 15:22-24
may the LORD rejoice in His works.
He looks on the earth, Psa 144:5Exo 19:18Psa 97:4-5Hab 3:10Psa 114:7Amo 8:8Hab 3:5-6Isa 64:1-2
and it trembles;
He touches the mountains,
and they smolder.
I will sing to the LORD all my life; Psa 63:4Psa 146:2Psa 145:1-2
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
May my meditation be pleasing to Him, Hab 3:17-18Php 4:4Psa 1:2Psa 119:127-128Psa 119:15-16Luk 1:47Psa 9:2Psa 119:111
for I rejoice in the LORD.
May sinners vanish from the earth Psa 103:22Pro 2:22Psa 106:48Psa 37:38Psa 68:1-2Rev 19:1-2Psa 1:4Psa 101:8
and the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Hallelujah! 5