For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty: 2And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: 3Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds. 4Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire. 5Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever. 6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. 7At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear. 8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them. 9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth. 10Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass. 11All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst. 12Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices. 13Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: 14Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: 15And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart. 16The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted: 17There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron. 18The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins. 19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about: 21The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God. 22The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.