1: O my soul, bless GOD! GOD, my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed,
2: Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent.
3: You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind--wings.
4: You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors.
5: You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever.
6: You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters;
7: Then you roared and the water ran away--your thunder crash put it to flight.
8: Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them.
9: You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded.
10: You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills.
11: All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12: Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard.
13: You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water.
14: You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land,
15: wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty.
16: GOD's trees are well-watered--the Lebanon cedars he planted.
17: Birds build their nests in those trees; look--the stork at home in the treetop.
18: Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks.
19: The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day.
20: When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out.
21: The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper.
22: When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens.
23: Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening.
24: What a wildly wonderful world, GOD! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.
25: Oh, look--the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon.
26: Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them.
27: All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time.
28: You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it.
29: If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute--Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud;
30: Send out your Spirit and they spring to life--the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
31: The glory of GOD-let it last forever! Let GOD enjoy his creation!
32: He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt.
33: Oh, let me sing to GOD all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live!
34: Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to GOD.
35: But clear the ground of sinners--no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless GOD!