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Psalms Chapter 104

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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM

1 And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
2 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim.
3 A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.
4 My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter;
5 I speak the things which I have made touching the king:
6 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
7 Thou art fairer than the children of men;
8 Grace is poured into thy lips:
9 Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
10 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one,
11 Thy glory and thy majesty.
12 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously,
13 Because of truth and meekness
14 and righteousness:
15 And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
16 Thine arrows are sharp;
17 The peoples fall under thee;
18 They are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
19 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
20 A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
21 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness:
22 Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
23 With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
24 All thy garments
25 smell of myrrh, and aloes,
26 and cassia;
27 Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
28 Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women:
29 At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
30 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;
31 Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:
32 So will the king desire thy beauty;
33 For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
34 And the daughter of Tyre
35 shall be there with a gift;

darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext

1 Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah myGod, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour;
2 Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; —
3 Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.
5 He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
6 Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
7 At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; —
8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; —
9 Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.
13 He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
15 And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making [his] face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.
16 The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
17 Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.
19 He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
21 The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food fromGod.
22 The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.
24 How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
26 There go the ships; [there] that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
27 These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:
28 That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to myGod while I have my being.
34 My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.
35 Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah!

lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM

1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
2 Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
5 Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 [ye] seed of Abraam, his servants, [ye] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations:
9 which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
10 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
11 saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
12 when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
13 And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
14 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
15 [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
19 until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
20 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
22 to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
26 He sent forth Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
28 He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
35 and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
40 They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He clave the rock, and the waters flowed; rivers ran in dry places.
42 For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
43 And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
44 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;
45 that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.

vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)

1 Alleluia. Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen eius: annunciate inter gentes opera eius.
2 Cantate ei, et psallite ei: narrate omnia mirabilia eius.
3 Laudamini in nomine sancto eius: lætetur cor quærentium Dominum.
4 Quærite Dominum, et confirmamini: quærite faciem eius semper.
5 Mementote mirabilium eius, quæ fecit: prodigia eius, et iudicia oris eius.
6 Semen Abraham, servi eius: filii Iacob electi eius.
7 Ipse Dominus Deus noster: in universa terra iudicia eius.
8 Memor fuit in sæculum testamenti sui: verbi, quod mandavit in mille generationes:
9 Quod disposuit ad Abraham: et iuramenti sui ad Isaac:
10 Et statuit illud Iacob in præceptum: et Israel in testamentum æternum:
11 Dicens: Tibi dabo Terram Chanaan, funiculum hereditatis vestræ.
12 Cum essent numero brevi, paucissimi et incolæ eius:
13 Et pertransierunt de gente in gentem, et de regno ad populum alterum.
14 Non reliquit hominem nocere eis: et corripuit pro eis reges.
15 Nolite tangere christos meos: et in prophetis meis nolite malignari.
16 Et vocavit famem super terram: et omne firmamentum panis contrivit.
17 Misit ante eos virum: in servum venundatus est Ioseph.
18 Humiliaverunt in compedibus pedes eius, ferrum pertransiit animam eius,
19 donec veniret verbum eius. Eloquium Domini inflammavit eum:
20 misit rex, et solvit eum; princeps populorum, et dimisit eum.
21 Constituit eum dominum domus suæ: et principem omnis possessionis suæ:
22 Ut erudiret principes eius sicut semetipsum: et senes eius prudentiam doceret.
23 Et intravit Israel in Ægyptum: et Iacob accola fuit in Terra Cham.
24 Et auxit populum suum vehementer: et firmavit eum super inimicos eius.
25 Convertit cor eorum ut odirent populum eius: et dolum facerent in servos eius.
26 Misit Moysen servum suum: Aaron, quem elegit ipsum.
27 Posuit in eis verba signorum suorum, et prodigiorum in Terra Cham.
28 Misit tenebras, et obscuravit: et non exacerbavit sermones suos.
29 Convertit aquas eorum in sanguinem: et occidit pisces eorum.
30 Edidit terra eorum ranas in penetralibus regum ipsorum.
31 Dixit, et venit cœnomyia: et cinifes in omnibus finibus eorum.
32 Posuit pluvias eorum grandinem: ignem comburentem in terra ipsorum.
33 Et percussit vineas eorum, et ficulneas eorum: et contrivit lignum finium eorum.
34 Dixit, et venit locusta, et bruchus, cuius non erat numerus:
35 Et comedit omne fœnum in terra eorum: et comedit omnem fructum terræ eorum.
36 Et percussit omne primogenitum in terra eorum: primitias omnis laboris eorum.
37 Et eduxit eos cum argento et auro: et non erat in tribubus eorum infirmus.
38 Lætata est Ægyptus in profectione eorum: quia incubuit timor eorum super eos.
39 Expandit nubem in protectionem eorum, et ignem ut luceret eis per noctem.
40 Petierunt, et venit coturnix: et pane cæli saturavit eos.
41 Dirupit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ: abierunt in sicco flumina;
42 Quoniam memor fuit verbi sancti sui, quod habuit ad Abraham puerum suum.
43 Et eduxit populum suum in exultatione, et electos suos in lætitia.
44 Et dedit illis regiones gentium: et labores populorum possederunt:
45 Ut custodiant iustificationes eius, et legem eius requirant.

web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV

1 Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
3 He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
4 He makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire.
5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
6 You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
10 He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
11 They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
13 He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:
15 wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
16 The LORD’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
17 where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
20 You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
22 The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.
24 LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
25 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
27 These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
29 You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
30 You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the LORD’s glory endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
34 Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD.
35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD!

ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8

1 Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.
2 Covering himself <FI>with<Fi> light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
3 Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,
4 Making His messengers--the winds, His ministers--the flaming fire.
5 He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
6 The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.
7 From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.
8 They go up hills--they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.
9 A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
10 Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.
11 They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.
12 By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.
13 Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.
14 Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
15 And wine--it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread--the heart of man it supporteth.
16 Satisfied <FI>are<Fi> the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,
17 Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.
18 The high hills <FI>are<Fi> for wild goats, Rocks <FI>are<Fi> a refuge for conies,
19 He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
20 Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
21 The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
22 The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.
23 Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service--till evening.
24 How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.
25 This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There <FI>are<Fi> moving things--innumerable, Living creatures--small with great.
26 There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
27 All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.
28 Thou dost give to them--they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand--they <FI>are<Fi> satisfied <FI>with<Fi> good.
29 Thou hidest Thy face--they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit--they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.
30 Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.
31 The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,
32 Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.
33 I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
34 Sweet is my meditation on Him, I--I do rejoice in Jehovah.
35 Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!

Explanations by Age Level

Explain Like I'm 5

A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!

Explain Like I'm 10

Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.

Explain Like I'm 15

Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).