Encouragement Bible Reading 04-29-2023


Psalm 104
New King James Version
Praise to the Sovereign Lord for His Creation and Providence
104 Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.

5 You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.

10 He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,
15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

19 He appointed the moon for seasons;
The sun knows its going down.
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to his work
And to his labor until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your possessions—
25 This great and wide sea,
In which are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.
26 There the ships sail about;
There is that Leviathan
Which You have made to play there.

27 These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord rejoice in His works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the hills, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.
35 May sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!

Footnotes
Psalm 104:4 servants
Psalm 104:5 Lit. founded the earth upon her bases
Psalm 104:8 Or The mountains rose up; The valleys sank down
Psalm 104:18 rock hyraxes
Psalm 104:26 A large sea creature of unknown identity
Psalm 104:26 Lit. formed
Psalm 104:35 Heb. Hallelujah
Salmos 104
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Salmo 104 (103)
¡Qué abundantes son tus obras, Señor!
104 ¡Bendice, alma mía, al Señor!
Señor, Dios mío, qué grande eres;
de gloria y majestad te vistes.
2 Como un manto te envuelve la luz,
como un tapiz extiendes el cielo.
3 Alzas tus aposentos sobre las aguas,
haces de las nubes tu carroza,
en alas del viento caminas;
4 a los vientos haces mensajeros tuyos,
a las llamas ardientes, tus servidores.
5 Afirmaste la tierra sobre sus cimientos
y nunca jamás podrá derrumbarse.
6 Como vestido le pusiste el océano,
hasta los montes se alzaban las aguas;
7 ante tu grito amenazante huían,
ante tu voz tronante escapaban;
8 subían a los montes, por los valles bajaban
hasta el lugar que tú mismo les fijaste.
9 Les fijaste una frontera que no cruzarán
y no volverán a cubrir la tierra.
10 Tú conviertes a los manantiales en ríos
que serpentean entre montañas,
11 proporcionan bebida a las bestias del campo
y apagan la sed de los asnos salvajes;
12 en sus orillas moran las aves del cielo
que entre las ramas andan trinando.
13 Desde tus aposentos riegas los montes,
se sacia la tierra del fruto de tus obras.
14 Tú haces brotar la hierba para el ganado,
y las plantas que cultiva el ser humano
para sacar el pan de la tierra;
15 y también el vino que alegra a los humanos,
dando a su rostro más brillo que el aceite,
junto con el alimento que los reconforta.
16 Reciben su riego los árboles del Señor,
los cedros del Líbano que él plantó.
17 En ellos las aves ponen sus nidos
mientras la cigüeña lo pone en los cipreses;
18 los altos montes son de los ciervos,
las rocas, refugio de los tejones.
19 Para marcar los tiempos hiciste la luna
y el sol que sabe cuándo ocultarse.
20 Dispones la oscuridad y cae la noche:
bullen en ella los seres del bosque,
21 rugen los leones ante la presa
y piden a Dios su alimento.
22 Sale el sol y ellos se esconden,
descansan en sus madrigueras.
23 Entonces sale el ser humano a su trabajo,
a su labor que dura hasta la tarde.
24 ¡Qué abundantes son tus obras, Señor!
Con tu sabiduría las hiciste todas,
la tierra está llena de tus criaturas.
25 Aquí está el inmenso y ancho mar,
allí un sinfín de animales marinos,
seres pequeños y grandes;
26 allí se deslizan los barcos
y Leviatán, a quien formaste para jugar con él.
27 Todos ellos te están esperando
para tener la comida a su tiempo.
28 Tú se la das y ellos la atrapan,
abres tu mano, los sacias de bienes.
29 Pero si ocultas tu rostro se aterran,
si les quitas el aliento agonizan
y regresan al polvo.
30 Les envías tu aliento y los creas,
renuevas la faz de la tierra.
31 Que la gloria del Señor sea eterna,
que el Señor se goce en sus obras.
32 Él mira la tierra y ella tiembla,
toca las montañas y echan humo.
33 Mientras viva cantaré al Señor,
alabaré al Señor mientras exista.
34 Que mi poema le agrade,
que yo en el Señor me alegre.
35 Que sean los pecadores extirpados de la tierra,
que los malvados no existan más.
¡Bendice, alma mía, al Señor! ¡Aleluya!

New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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