1I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh.
2You created/caused light to be like your robe [MET].
3You made/put your home in heaven, above the rain clouds in the sky, like a man puts the rafters of his house in place [MET].
4You caused the winds to be like your messengers [MET],
5You placed the world firmly on its foundation
6Later, you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket,
7But when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded;
8Mountains rose up from the water,
9Then you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross;
10You make/cause springs to pour water into ravines;
11Those streams provide water for all the animals to drink;
12Birds make their nests alongside the streams,
13From ◄your home in heaven/the sky► you send rain down on the mountains,
14You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle to eat,
15We get grapes to make [MTY] wine to drink and make us cheerful,
16Yahweh, you send plenty of rain to water your trees,
17Birds make their nests in those trees;
18High up in the mountains the wild goats live,
19Yahweh, you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals,
20You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
21At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey,
22At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
23And during the daytime, people go to their work;
24Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things!
25We see the ocean which is very large [DOU]!
26We see the ships which sail along!
27All of those creatures depend on you
28When you give them the food that they need,
29But if you refuse to give food to them,
30When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe,
31I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever.
32He causes the earth to shake just by looking at it!
33I will sing to Yahweh ◄as long as I live/throughout my entire life►.
34I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought about him,
35But I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth,