Psalm 104. Hymn of Praise for the Cretor

Luke 8 : 25
He said to them, ‘Where is your faith?’ They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?’

Psalm 104

Yesterday I read a quote from Urban T. Holmes. The essence was "If you have nothing worthwhile to say then keep silent". Hence today my offering is visual rather than verbal.

2  wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent, 

3. you make the clouds your* chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, 

⁴ you make the winds your^* messengers,
   fire and flame your^* ministers.

⁶ You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
   the waters stood above the mountains.

⁸ They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys
   to the place that you appointed for them. 

⁹ You set a boundary that they may not pass,
   so that they might not again cover the earth. 

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
   they flow between the hills, 

¹¹ giving drink to every wild animal;
   the wild asses quench their thirst. 


¹² By the streams^* the birds of the air have their habitation;

   they sing among the branches. 

¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,

   and plants for people to use,^*
to bring forth food from the earth, 
²³ People go out to their work
   and to their labour until the evening. 

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
   the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 

¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
   the stork has its home in the fir trees. 

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats;
   the rocks are a refuge for the coneys. 

¹⁹ You have made the moon to mark the seasons;

   the sun knows its time for setting. 

²² When the sun rises, they withdraw
   and lie down in their dens. 

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
   In wisdom you have made them all;
   the earth is full of your creatures. 

²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
   creeping things innumerable are there,
   living things both small and great. 

²⁶ There go the ships,
   and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it. 

³³ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
   I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 

³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
   for I rejoice in the Lord.