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Psalm 103 (104) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 104 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

1 For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty: 2 And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: 3 Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds. 4 Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire. 5 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever. 6 The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. 7 At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear. 8 The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth. 10 Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass. 11 All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst. 12 Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices. 13 Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: 14 Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: 15 And 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. 16 The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted: 17 There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins. 19 He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about: 21 The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens. 23 Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening. 24 How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches. 25 So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great. 26 There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein. 27 All expect of thee that thou give them food in season. 28 What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good. 29 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust. 30 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth 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 my being. 34 Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord. 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

Cross references (35)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  1. 1 Psalm 103:22; Psalm 145:3; Psalm 96:6; Isaiah 59:17; Daniel 9:4
  2. 2 Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 45:12; Daniel 7:9; 1 John 1:5; Zechariah 12:1
  3. 3 Amos 9:6; 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 18:10–11; Isaiah 19:1; Nahum 1:3
  4. 4 Hebrews 1:7; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 6:17; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 148:8
  5. 5 Job 26:7; Psalm 24:2; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 96:10; Revelation 20:11
  6. 6 Genesis 7:19; 2 Peter 3:5; Genesis 1:2–10
  7. 7 Psalm 18:15; Mark 4:39; Genesis 8:1; Psalm 106:9; Proverbs 8:28
  8. 8 Genesis 8:5; Psalm 33:7
  9. 9 Job 38:10–11; Genesis 9:11–15; Jeremiah 5:22; Isaiah 54:9; Job 26:10
  10. 10 Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 107:35; Isaiah 35:7; Deuteronomy 8:7
  11. 11 Psalm 145:16; Job 39:5–8; Psalm 104:13
  12. 12 Psalm 50:11; Psalm 148:10; Psalm 147:9; Psalm 104:16–17; Matthew 8:20
  13. 13 Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 14:22; Deuteronomy 11:11; Job 38:37
  14. 14 Psalm 136:25; Psalm 147:8–9; Job 28:5; Genesis 9:3; Psalm 145:15–16
  15. 15 Psalm 23:5; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Judges 9:13; Jeremiah 31:12
  16. 16 Numbers 24:6; Psalm 29:5; Psalm 92:2; Ezekiel 17:23
  17. 17 Psalm 104:12; Leviticus 11:19; Ezekiel 31:6; Matthew 13:32; Obadiah 4
  18. 18 Proverbs 30:26; Job 39:1; 1 Samuel 24:2; Leviticus 11:5; Deuteronomy 14:7
  19. 19 Genesis 1:14–18; Jeremiah 31:35; Psalm 136:7–9; Psalm 8:3; Job 38:12
  20. 20 Isaiah 45:7; Psalm 74:16; Genesis 1:4–5; Genesis 8:22; Psalm 50:10
  21. 21 Joel 1:20; Job 38:39; Psalm 34:10; Joel 2:22; Ezekiel 19:2–14
  22. 22 Job 37:8; Job 24:13–17; John 3:20; Nahum 3:17
  23. 23 Genesis 3:19; Ephesians 4:28; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Judges 19:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–12
  24. 24 Jeremiah 10:12; Psalm 40:5; Romans 11:33; Psalm 50:10–12; Ephesians 3:10
  25. 25 Psalm 69:34; Psalm 95:4–5; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 1:20–22; Acts 28:5
  26. 26 Psalm 107:23; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 74:14; Genesis 49:13; Ezekiel 27:9
  27. 27 Luke 12:24–28; Psalm 136:25; Psalm 147:9; Job 38:41; Job 36:31
  28. 28 Psalm 145:16
  29. 29 Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 34:14–15; Psalm 146:4; Genesis 3:19; Psalm 30:7
  30. 30 Job 33:4; Revelation 21:5; Isaiah 65:17; Ezekiel 37:9; Job 26:13
  31. 31 Genesis 1:31; 2 Timothy 4:18; Jeremiah 32:41; Ephesians 3:21; Zephaniah 3:17
  32. 32 Exodus 19:18; Psalm 144:5; Psalm 97:4–5; Habakkuk 3:10; Amos 8:8
  33. 33 Psalm 63:4; Psalm 146:2; Psalm 145:1–2
  34. 34 Habakkuk 3:17–18; Philippians 4:4; Psalm 119:15–16; Psalm 119:127–128; Psalm 1:2
  35. 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

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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). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 104.

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Quotes verse 104:4 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XXXIV–XXXIX)

    … knowledge, "who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." For it is thus written, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire." But concerning His Son the Lord spoke thus: "Thou art my Son, to-day have I …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 104:2 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapters XXIX–XXX)

    … God who made and adorned the heavens, and the earth, and all things that are in them, and maintain that they themselves are spiritual, while they are in fact shamefully carnal on account of their so great impiety,--affirming that He, who has made His angels spirits, and is clothed with light as with a garment, and holds the circle of …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 104:24 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XI, Chapters IV–IX)

    I will with confidence cry out from Thy oracle, How wonderful are Thy works, O Lord, in Wisdom hast Thou made them all. And this Wisdom is the Beginning, and in that Beginning hast Thou made heaven and earth.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 104:3 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LVI)

    "For a cloud and darkness are round about Him;" and, "He sitteth on a light cloud;" and again, "Who maketh clouds His chariot;" and, "A cloud received Him out of their sight;" and, "As the Son of Man coming in the clouds." In order then that they might believe that the voice proceeds from God, it comes from thence.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 104:15 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)

    Wine was given to make glad the heart of man: and Dionysus (Bacchus) was worshipped instead of God.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)