Psalms 104 (NET)

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Psalms 104:1¹Praise the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 103:22 Ps 145:3 Ps 96:6 Ps 103:1-2 Ps 93:1 Dan 9:4 Isa 59:17 Jer 32:17-19 Ps 104:35 Jer 23:24

Psalms 104:2²He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:22 Dan 7:9 Isa 45:12 1 John 1:5 1 Tim 6:16 Heb 1:10-12 Matt 17:2 Zech 12:1

Psalms 104:3³and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels on the wings of the wind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 9:6 2 Sam 22:11 Isa 19:1 Ps 18:10-11 Nah 1:3 Ps 139:9 Matt 26:64 Rev 1:7

Psalms 104:4⁴He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 1:7 2 Kgs 2:11 2 Kgs 6:17 Heb 1:14 Ps 148:8 Ezek 1:13 Acts 23:8

Psalms 104:5⁵He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 26:7 Ps 24:2 Ps 33:9 Ps 96:10 Rev 20:11 2 Pet 3:10 Eccl 1:4 Ps 136:6 Ps 93:1 Job 38:4-7

Psalms 104:6⁶The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 7:19 2 Pet 3:5 Gen 1:2-10

Psalms 104:7⁷Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 18:15 Gen 8:1 Mark 4:39 Prov 8:28 Ps 106:9 Ps 114:3-7 Ps 77:18

Psalms 104:8⁸as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down— to the place you appointed for them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 8:5 Ps 33:7

Psalms 104:9⁹You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 38:10-11 Gen 9:11-15 Isa 54:9 Jer 5:22 Job 26:10 Ps 33:7

Psalms 104:10¹⁰He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 41:18 Ps 107:35 Isa 35:7 Deut 8:7

Psalms 104:11¹¹They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 145:16 Job 39:5-8 Ps 104:13

Psalms 104:12¹²The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 50:11 Ps 148:10 Matt 6:26 Matt 8:20 Ps 104:16-17 Ps 147:9 Ps 84:3

Psalms 104:13¹³He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 147:8 Jer 10:13 Jer 14:22 Deut 11:11 Job 38:25-28 Job 38:37 Ps 65:9-13 Acts 14:17 Amos 9:6 Matt 5:45

Psalms 104:14¹⁴He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 136:25 Ps 147:8-9 Job 28:5 Ps 145:15-16 1 Cor 3:7 Gen 9:3 Gen 1:11-12 Gen 3:18 Gen 1:29-30 Job 38:27

Psalms 104:15¹⁵as well as wine that makes people glad, and olive oil to make their faces shine, as well as bread that sustains them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 23:5 Eccl 10:19 Eccl 9:7 Judg 9:13 Eph 5:18 Heb 1:9 Ps 92:10 1 John 2:20 Ezek 4:16 Jer 31:12

Psalms 104:16¹⁶The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 24:6 Ps 29:5 Ps 92:2 Ezek 17:23

Psalms 104:17¹⁷where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 104:12 Lev 11:19 Dan 4:21 Ezek 31:6 Jer 22:23 Jer 8:7 Matt 13:32 Obad 1:4

Psalms 104:18¹⁸The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 30:26 Job 39:1 1 Sam 24:2 Lev 11:5 Deut 14:7

Psalms 104:19¹⁹He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 1:14-18 Jer 31:35 Ps 136:7-9 Job 38:12 Ps 19:6 Ps 8:3 Job 31:26-28 Deut 4:19

Psalms 104:20²⁰You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 45:7 Ps 74:16 Amos 1:13 Gen 1:4-5 Gen 8:22 Ps 139:10-12 Ps 50:10

Psalms 104:21²¹The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 38:39 Joel 1:20 Ps 34:10 Ezek 19:2-14 Joel 2:22 Amos 3:4 Isa 31:4 Job 38:41 Joel 1:18 Ps 145:15

Psalms 104:22²²When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 37:8 Job 24:13-17 John 3:20 Nah 3:17

Psalms 104:23²³People then go out to do their work, and they labor until evening.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 3:19 Eccl 5:12 Eph 4:28 Judg 19:16 2 Thess 3:8-12

Psalms 104:24²⁴How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 10:12 Ps 40:5 Ps 50:10-12 Eph 3:10 Rom 11:33 Ps 107:31 Gen 1:24-25 Ps 24:1 Ps 136:5 Ps 8:3

Psalms 104:25²⁵Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 69:34 Ps 95:4-5 Acts 28:5 Gen 1:28 Deut 33:14-16 Gen 1:20-22 Gen 3:1 Deut 33:19

Psalms 104:26²⁶The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 107:23 Isa 27:1 Ps 74:14 Ezek 27:9 Gen 49:13 Job 3:8 Job 41:1-34

Psalms 104:27²⁷All your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 136:25 Ps 147:9 Job 38:41 Luke 12:24-28 Ps 145:15-16 Job 36:31 Ps 36:6

Psalms 104:28²⁸You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 145:16

Psalms 104:29²⁹When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 12:7 Job 34:14-15 Ps 146:4 Acts 17:25 Gen 3:19 Ps 30:7 Ps 90:3 Job 10:9 Deut 31:17 Job 13:24

Psalms 104:30³⁰When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 33:4 Ezek 37:9 Rev 21:5 Isa 65:17 Job 26:13 Ps 33:6 Titus 3:5 Eph 2:1 Eph 2:4-5 Isa 66:22

Psalms 104:31³¹May the splendor of the Lord endure. May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:18 Gen 1:31 Eph 3:21 Jer 32:41 Exod 31:17 Isa 62:5 Isa 65:18-19 Luke 15:22-24 Luke 15:5-6 Rev 5:12-13

Psalms 104:32³²He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 144:5 Exod 19:18 Ps 97:4-5 Hab 3:10 Ps 114:7 Amos 8:8 Hab 3:5-6 Isa 64:1-2 Jer 4:23-26 Jer 5:22

Psalms 104:33³³I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 63:4 Ps 146:2 Ps 145:1-2

Psalms 104:34³⁴May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will rejoice in the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hab 3:17-18 Phil 4:4 Ps 1:2 Ps 119:127-128 Ps 119:15-16 Luke 1:47 Ps 9:2 Ps 119:111 Ps 63:5-6 Ps 139:17-18

Psalms 104:35³⁵May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish. Praise the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 103:22-104:1 Prov 2:22 Ps 106:48 Ps 37:38 Ps 68:1-2 Rev 19:1-2 Ps 1:4 Ps 101:8 Ps 105:45 Ps 59:13

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