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Psalm 104 Bible in Basic English
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.
1 BENDICE, alma mía, á Jehová. Jehová, Dios mío, mucho te has engrandecido; haste vestido de gloria y de magnificencia.
2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:
2 El que se cubre de luz como de vestidura, que extiende los cielos como una cortina;
3 The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:
3 Que establece sus aposentos entre las aguas; el que pone las nubes por su carroza, el que anda sobre las alas del viento;
4 He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.
4 El que hace á sus ángeles espíritus, sus ministros al fuego flameante.
5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;
5 El fundó la tierra sobre sus basas; no será jamás removida.
6 Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;
6 Con el abismo, como con vestido, la cubriste; sobre los montes estaban las aguas.
7 At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;
7 A tu reprensión huyeron; al sonido de tu trueno se apresuraron;
8 The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.
8 Subieron los montes, descendieron los valles, al lugar que tú les fundaste.
9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
9 Pusísteles término, el cual no traspasarán; ni volverán á cubrir la tierra.
10 You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.
10 [Tú eres] el que envías las fuentes por los arroyos; van entre los montes.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.
11 Abrevan á todas las bestias del campo: quebrantan su sed los asnos montaraces.
12 The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.
12 Junto á aquellos habitarán las aves de los cielos; entre las ramas dan voces.
13 He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.
13 El que riega los montes desde sus aposentos: del fruto de sus obras se sacia la tierra.
14 He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
14 El que hace producir el heno para las bestias, y la hierba para el servicio del hombre; sacando el pan de la tierra.
15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
15 Y el vino que alegra el corazón del hombre, [y] el aceite que hace lucir el rostro, y el pan que sustenta el corazón del hombre.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting;
16 Llénanse de [jugo] los árboles de Jehová, los cedros del Líbano que él plantó.
17 Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.
17 Allí anidan las aves; en las hayas [hace] su casa la cigüeña.
18 The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.
18 Los montes altos para las cabras monteses; las peñas, madrigueras para los conejos.
19 He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
19 Hizo la luna para los tiempos: el sol conoce su ocaso.
20 When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
20 Pone las tinieblas, y es la noche: en ella corretean todas las bestias de la selva.
21 The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
21 Los leoncillos braman á la presa, y para buscar de Dios su comida.
22 The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.
22 Sale el sol, recógense, y échanse en sus cuevas.
23 Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
23 Sale el hombre á su hacienda, y á su labranza hasta la tarde.
24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
24 ¡Cuán muchas son tus obras, oh Jehová! Hiciste todas ellas con sabiduría: la tierra está llena de tus beneficios.
25 There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.
25 [Asimismo] esta gran mar y ancha de términos: en ella pescados sin número, animales pequeños y grandes.
26 There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.
26 Allí andan navíos; allí este leviathán que hiciste para que jugase en ella.
27 All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.
27 Todos ellos esperan en ti, para que les des su comida á su tiempo.
28 They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.
28 Les das, recogen; abres tu mano, hártanse de bien.
29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
29 Escondes tu rostro, túrbanse: les quitas el espíritu, dejan de ser, y tórnanse en su polvo.
30 If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
30 Envías tu espíritu, críanse: y renuevas la haz de la tierra.
31 Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:
31 Sea la gloria de Jehová para siempre; alégrese Jehová en sus obras;
32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.
32 El cual mira á la tierra, y ella tiembla; toca los montes, y humean.
33 I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
33 A Jehová cantaré en mi vida: á mi Dios salmearé mientras viviere.
34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.
34 Serme ha suave hablar de él: yo me alegraré en Jehová.
35 Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.
35 Sean consumidos de la tierra los pecadores, y los impíos dejen de ser. Bendice, alma mía, á Jehová. Aleluya.
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 103:22; Psalm 145:3; Psalm 96:6; Isaiah 59:17; Daniel 9:4
- 2 Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 45:12; Daniel 7:9; 1 John 1:5; Zechariah 12:1
- 3 Amos 9:6; 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 18:10–11; Isaiah 19:1; Nahum 1:3
- 4 Hebrews 1:7; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 6:17; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 148:8
- 5 Job 26:7; Psalm 24:2; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 96:10; Revelation 20:11
- 6 Genesis 7:19; 2 Peter 3:5; Genesis 1:2–10
- 7 Psalm 18:15; Mark 4:39; Genesis 8:1; Psalm 106:9; Proverbs 8:28
- 8 Genesis 8:5; Psalm 33:7
- 9 Job 38:10–11; Genesis 9:11–15; Jeremiah 5:22; Isaiah 54:9; Job 26:10
- 10 Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 107:35; Isaiah 35:7; Deuteronomy 8:7
- 11 Psalm 145:16; Job 39:5–8; Psalm 104:13
- 12 Psalm 50:11; Psalm 148:10; Psalm 147:9; Psalm 104:16–17; Matthew 8:20
- 13 Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 14:22; Deuteronomy 11:11; Job 38:37
- 14 Psalm 136:25; Psalm 147:8–9; Job 28:5; Genesis 9:3; Psalm 145:15–16
- 15 Psalm 23:5; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Judges 9:13; Jeremiah 31:12
- 16 Numbers 24:6; Psalm 29:5; Psalm 92:2; Ezekiel 17:23
- 17 Psalm 104:12; Leviticus 11:19; Ezekiel 31:6; Matthew 13:32; Obadiah 4
- 18 Proverbs 30:26; Job 39:1; 1 Samuel 24:2; Leviticus 11:5; Deuteronomy 14:7
- 19 Genesis 1:14–18; Jeremiah 31:35; Psalm 136:7–9; Psalm 8:3; Job 38:12
- 20 Isaiah 45:7; Psalm 74:16; Genesis 1:4–5; Genesis 8:22; Psalm 50:10
- 21 Joel 1:20; Job 38:39; Psalm 34:10; Joel 2:22; Ezekiel 19:2–14
- 22 Job 37:8; Job 24:13–17; John 3:20; Nahum 3:17
- 23 Genesis 3:19; Ephesians 4:28; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Judges 19:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–12
- 24 Jeremiah 10:12; Psalm 40:5; Romans 11:33; Psalm 50:10–12; Ephesians 3:10
- 25 Psalm 69:34; Psalm 95:4–5; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 1:20–22; Acts 28:5
- 26 Psalm 107:23; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 74:14; Genesis 49:13; Ezekiel 27:9
- 27 Luke 12:24–28; Psalm 136:25; Psalm 147:9; Job 38:41; Job 36:31
- 28 Psalm 145:16
- 29 Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 34:14–15; Psalm 146:4; Genesis 3:19; Psalm 30:7
- 30 Job 33:4; Revelation 21:5; Isaiah 65:17; Ezekiel 37:9; Job 26:13
- 31 Genesis 1:31; 2 Timothy 4:18; Jeremiah 32:41; Ephesians 3:21; Zephaniah 3:17
- 32 Exodus 19:18; Psalm 144:5; Psalm 97:4–5; Habakkuk 3:10; Amos 8:8
- 33 Psalm 63:4; Psalm 146:2; Psalm 145:1–2
- 34 Habakkuk 3:17–18; Philippians 4:4; Psalm 119:15–16; Psalm 119:127–128; Psalm 1:2
- 35 Revelation 19:1–2; Proverbs 2:22; Psalms 103:22–104:1; Psalm 106:48; Psalm 68:1–2
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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