¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul.
O LORD my God,
thou art very great;
thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
² Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:
who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
³ Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters
who maketh the clouds his chariot:
who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
⁴ Who maketh his angels spirits;
his ministers a flaming fire:

⁵ Who laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be removed for ever [always and perpetually].
⁶ Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At thy rebuke they fled;
at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
⁸ They go up by the mountains;
they go down by the valleys
unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;
that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰ He sendeth the springs into the valleys,
which run among the hills.
¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field:
the wild asses quench their thirst.
¹² By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,
which sing [give voice] among the branches.
¹³ He watereth the hills from his chambers:
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
¹⁴ He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,
and herb for the service of man:
that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
¹⁵ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,
and oil to make his face to shine,
and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
¹⁶ The trees of the LORD are full of sap;
the cedars of Lebanon,
which he hath planted;
¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests:
as for the stork,
the fir trees are her house.
¹⁸ The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats;
and the rocks for the conies.

¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons:
the sun knoweth his going down.
²⁰ Thou makest darkness,
and it is night:
wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
²¹ The young lions roar after their prey,
and seek their meat from God.
²² The sun ariseth,
they gather themselves together,
and lay them down in their dens.
²³ Man goeth forth unto his work
and to his labour
until the evening.

²⁴ O LORD, how manifold are thy works!
in wisdom hast thou made them all:
the earth is full of thy riches.
²⁵ So is this great and wide [and wide of hands] sea,
wherein are things creeping innumerable [and nothing of number],
both small and [with] great beasts.
²⁶ There go the ships:
there is that leviathan,
whom thou hast made to play therein.
²⁷ These wait all upon thee;
that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

²⁸ That thou givest them they gather:
thou openest thine hand,
they are filled with good.
²⁹ Thou hidest thy face,
they are troubled:
thou takest away their breath,
they die,
and return to their dust.
³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
they are created:
and thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹ The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever:
the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
³² He looketh on the earth,
and it trembleth:
he toucheth the hills,
and they smoke.

³³ I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live:
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
³⁴ My meditation of him shall be sweet:
I will be glad in the LORD.
³⁵ Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless thou the LORD, O my soul.
Praise ye the LORD.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]