Psalm 104:24-35

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In x wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
 25 Here is the sea, great and wide,
y which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
 26 There go the ships,
and z Leviathan, which you formed to a play in it. 1

27 These b all look to you,
to c give them their food in due season.
 28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you d open your hand, they are filled with good things.
 29 When you e hide your face, they are f dismayed;
when you g take away their breath, they die
and h return to their dust.
 30 When you i send forth your Spirit, 2 they are created,
and you j renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord k endure forever;
may the Lord l rejoice in his works,
 32 who looks on the earth and it m trembles,
who n touches the mountains and they smoke!
 33 I will sing to the Lord o as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
 34 May my p meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
 35 Let q sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
r Bless the Lord, O my soul!
s Praise the Lord!

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:19
    The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 69:34
    Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
  3. Cross References
    Job 41:1
    Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?
  4. Cross References
    Job 40:20
    For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 145:15
    The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 104:14
    You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
    Job 36:31
    For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 145:16
    You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 30:7
    By your favor, O Lord, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
    Deuteronomy 31:17
    Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
  9. Cross References
    Job 23:15
    Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
  10. Cross References
    Job 34:14
    If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath.
  11. Cross References
    Job 10:9
    Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
  12. Cross References
    Job 33:4
    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
  13. Cross References
    Revelation 21:5
    And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 72:17
    May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed!
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 1:31
    And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
    Proverbs 8:31
    Rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.
  16. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:10
    The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 144:5
    Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
    Exodus 19:18
    Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
    Amos 9:5
    The Lord God of hosts, he who touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn, and all of it rises like the Nile, and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 63:4
    So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
  19. Cross References
    Job 15:4
    But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 37:38
    But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 104:1
    Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 105:45
    That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!
    Psalms 106:48
    Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the Lord!
    Psalms 113:9
    He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
    Psalms 150:6
    Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
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