He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains;
They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches.
He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
The trees of the LORD drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the fir trees.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.
When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens.
O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great.
There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.
Let the glory of the LORD endure forever; Let the LORD be glad in His works;
He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD.
Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!
Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples.
Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.
Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth,
He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance,”
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him.
The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free.
Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings.
He struck down their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their territory.
And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground.
He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their vigor.
Egypt was glad when they departed, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.
They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.
He gave them also the lands of the nations, That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws, Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the LORD, Or can show forth all His praise?
That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.
Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.
So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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