Psalms 15

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, ^awho shall sojourn in your ^btent?
Who shall dwell on your ^choly hill?
2 He who ^dwalks blamelessly and ^edoes what is right
and ^fspeaks truth in his heart;
3who ^gdoes not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor ^htakes up a reproach against his friend;
4 ⁱin whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^jswears to his own hurt and does not change;
5who ^kdoes not put out his money at interest
and ^ldoes not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^mmoved.

Psalms 104

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

1 ⁿBless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, you are ^overy great!
^pYou are clothed with splendor and majesty,
2covering yourself with light as with a garment,
^qstretching out the heavens ^rlike a tent.
3He ^slays the beams of his ^tchambers on the waters;
he makes ^uthe clouds his chariot;
he rides on ^vthe wings of the wind;
4he ^wmakes his messengers winds,
his ^xministers ^ya flaming fire.
5 He ^zset the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.
6You ^aacovered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
7At ^abyour rebuke they fled;
at ^acthe sound of your thunder they ^adtook to flight.
8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
to the place that you ^aeappointed for them.
9You set ^afa boundary that they may not pass,
so that they ^agmight not again cover the earth.
10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills;
11they ^ahgive drink to every beast of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
they sing among the branches.
13 ^aiFrom your lofty abode you ^ajwater the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
14 You cause ^akthe grass to grow for the livestock
and ^alplants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^amfood from the earth
15and ^anwine to gladden the heart of man,
^aooil to make his face shine
and bread to ^apstrengthen man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
^aqthe cedars of Lebanon ^arthat he planted.
17In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
18The high mountains are for ^asthe wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for ^atthe rock badgers.
19 He made the moon to mark the ^auseasons; ▼

▼Or  the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)

the sun knows its time for setting.
20 ^awYou make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 ^axThe young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
22When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their ^aydens.
23 ^azMan goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In ^bawisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25Here is the sea, great and wide,
^bbwhich teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
26There go the ships,
and ^bcLeviathan, which you formed to ^bdplay in it. ▼

▼Or  you formed to play with

27 These ^bfall look to you,
to ^bggive them their food in due season.
28When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you ^bhopen your hand, they are filled with good things.
29When you ^bihide your face, they are ^bjdismayed;
when you ^bktake away their breath, they die
and ^blreturn to their dust.
30When you ^bmsend forth your Spirit, ▼

▼Or breath

they are created,
and you ^borenew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord ^bpendure forever;
may the Lord ^bqrejoice in his works,
32who looks on the earth and it ^brtrembles,
who ^bstouches the mountains and they smoke!
33I will sing to the Lord ^btas long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34May my ^bumeditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35Let ^bvsinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
^bwBless the Lord, O my soul!
^bxPraise the Lord!