Our Daily Bread: Psalms 104:1-35 [1]Let all that I am praise the Lord. O lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty. [2]You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens; [3]you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind. [4]The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants. [5]You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved. [6]You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains. [7]At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away. [8]Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed. [9]Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth. [10]You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains. [11]They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst. [12]The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees. [13]You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor. [14]You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth— [15]wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength. [16]The trees of the Lord are well cared for— the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. [17]There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses. [18]High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes. [19]You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set. [20]You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about. [21]Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God. [22]At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest. [23]Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening. [24]O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. [25]Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small. [26]See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea. [27]They all depend on you to give them food as they need it. [28]When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied. [29]But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust. [30]When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth. [31]May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made! [32]The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch. [33]I will sing to the lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath! [34]May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. [35]Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! Let's have a coffee Hari Enjoy meditation... Blessing
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