1 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life, Yahweh my God, you are very magnificent; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2 You cover yourself with light as with a garment; you spread out the heavens like a tent curtain. 3 You lay the beams of your chambers on the clouds; you make the clouds your chariot; you walk on the wings of the wind. 4 He makes the winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth, and it will never be moved. 6 You covered the earth with water like a garment; the water covered the mountains. 7 Your rebuke made the waters recede; at the sound of your thunderous voice they fled. 8 The mountains rose, and the valleys spread out into the places that you had appointed for them. 9 You have set a boundary for them that they will not cross; they will not cover the earth again. 10 He made springs flow into the valleys; the streams flow between the mountains. 11 They supply water for all the animals of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 By the riverbanks the birds build their nests; they sing among the branches. 13 He waters the mountains from his water chambers in the sky. The earth is filled with the fruit of his labor. 14 He makes the grass grow for the cattle and plants for man to cultivate so that man may produce food from the earth. 15 He makes wine to make man happy, oil to make his face shine, and food to sustain his life. 16 The trees of Yahweh get plenty of rain; the cedars of Lebanon which he planted. 17 There the birds make their nests. The stork makes the cypress tree her home. 18 The wild goats live on the high mountains; the mountain heights are a refuge for the hyraxes. 19 He appointed the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20 You make the darkness of the night when all the beasts of the forest come out. 21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they retreat and sleep in their dens. 23 Meanwhile, people go out to their work and labor away until the evening. 24 Yahweh, how many and varied are your works! With wisdom you made them all; the earth overflows with your works. 25 Over there is the sea, deep and wide, teeming with innumerable creatures, both small and great. 26 The ships travel there, and Leviathan is also there, which you formed to play in the sea. 27 All these look to you to give them their food on time. 28 When you give to them, they gather; when you open your hand, they are satisfied. 29 When you hide your face, they are troubled; if you take away their breath, they die and return to dust. 30 When you send out your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the countryside. 31 May the glory of Yahweh last forever; may Yahweh enjoy his creation. 32 He looks down on the earth, and it shakes; he touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to Yahweh all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 34 May my thoughts be sweet to him; I will rejoice in Yahweh. 35 May sinners vanish from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. I give praise to Yahweh with all my life. Praise Yahweh.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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
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What the Fathers said
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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).
… 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 …
… 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 …
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)
"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)
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)