Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

1Bless, O my soul! Jehovah: O Jehovah, my God! thou art great exceedingly; With praise and honor thou hast clothed thyself.

2Being arrayed with light as with a garment; Spreading out the heavens as a curtain;

3Flooring in the waters his upper rooms; Making the clouds his chariot; Walking upon the wings of the wind:

4Making the winds his messengers; His ministers a fire that flameth.

5He hath founded the earth upon its foundations, So that it shall not be moved for ever.

6With the deep as with a garment he hath covered it: Above the mountains stand shall the waters.

7At thy rebuke they shall flee; At the voice of thy thunder they shall suddenly pass away.

8Ascend shall the mountains and descend shall the valleys To the place which thou hast founded for them.

9A boundary thou hast set, they shall not pass over it: They shall not return to cover the earth.

10Sending out springs by the valleys, Which between the hills shall run.

11Drink thereof shall all the beasts of the field: Quench shall the wild asses their thirst.

12Nigh time the fowl of the heaven shall dwell, From the midst of the branches they shall send out their voice.

13Watering the mountains from his chambers: From the fruit of thy works satisfied shall be the earth.

14Making grass to grow for cattle, And herb for the service of mm: That he may bring forth bread out of the earth.

15And wine cheereth the heart of man, To make his face to shine with oil, And bread sustaineth the heart of man.

16Satiated shall be the trees of Jehovah; The cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted:

17For there the birds build their nests: [As for] the stork, the fir trees are her dwelling.

18The high mountains are for the deer; The rocks a place of shelter for the hedgehogs.

19He hath made the moon for set times: The sun knoweth his going down.

20Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein do creep forth all the beasts of the forest.

21The lions roar after their prey, And in seeking from God their food.

22Rise shall the sun, and they shall gather themselves together, And in their dens shall lie down.

23Go forth shall man to his work, And to his labor, until the evening.

24How magnificent are thy works! O Jehovah! All things in wisdom thou hast made: Filled is the earth with thy riches.

25This sea great, and wide in extent; Therein are creeping things inntanerable, Beasts both small and great.

26There the ships go, And the leviathan, which thou hast formed to sport in it.

27All things on thee do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season.

28Thou shalt give it them, they shall gather [it:] Thou shalt open thy hand, they shall be satisfied with good.

29Thou shalt hide thy face, they shall be afraid: Thou shalt take away their spirit, they shall die, and to their dust shall return.

30Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, they shall be created: And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

31Glory be to Jehovah for ever: Rejoice let Jehovah in his works.

32He looketh upon the earth, and it trembleth: If he touch the mountains, they shall smoke.

33I will sing to Jehovah whilst I live: I will sing psalms to my God as long as I have my being.

34Let my speech be acceptable to him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

35Perish let sinners from the earth, And the ungodly till they cease to be any more. Bless, O my soul! Jehovah. Hallelujah.