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104 1-2 主はすばらしいお方です。
栄誉と尊厳をまとわれたそのお姿は、
なんと威光に満ちていることでしょう。
あなたは、天には星をちりばめ、
地表のくぼみには海原を創造されました。
雲の馬車に乗り、風の翼でかけ抜けられます。
その前ぶれを務める天使は、
風のように速い、炎の使者です。
大地はくずれ落ちることのないように、
しっかりと据えつけられました。
また、山々をのみ尽くすほどの大洪水で、
大地は覆われました。
7-8 あなたのひと声で、
水はたちまち広大な海の底に吸い込まれ、
山々は姿を現し、
谷はあなたが定めた高さまで沈みました。
あなたはまた、
海水が二度と地表を
覆うことのないよう、
境界線をお定めになりました。

10 谷には泉を、山には渓流を、神は配置なさいます。
11 あらゆる獣はそこでのどを潤し、
野ろばは渇きをいやします。
12 鳥は渓流のほとりに巣を作り、
木々のこずえでさえずります。
13 神は山々に雨を降り注ぎ、
地を果物の宝庫となさいます。
14 そのひと言で、
家畜の食べる柔らかい草が生え、
人の糧となる果樹や野菜、それに穀物も育ちます。
15 また、喜びをもたらすぶどう酒、
皮膚をつややかにするオリーブ油、
力の源となるパンも作ることができます。
16 主がお植えになったレバノン杉は、
すくすくと伸び、みごとな大木に成長しました。
17 そこには鳥が巣を作り、
こうのとりは、もみの木に宿ります。
18 高原には野やぎの牧草地があり、
岩だぬきは、岩の間を隠れ場にしています。

19 主は、月を造ってひと月の長さを定め、
一日を区切る目じるしとして太陽を置かれました。
20 神が夜をもたらし、闇を送ると、
森の獣たちはいっせいに出て来ます。
21 若いライオンは、獲物を求めてほえたけります。
しかし、神の助けなしに、
食物にありつくことはありません。
22 明け方近く、獣たちはほら穴に引き返して横になり、
23 入れ替わりに、人間が一日の仕事を始め、
夕暮れまで働きます。
24 主よ。あなたの知恵で、さまざまな営みができ上がり、
地は豊かに満ちあふれています。

25 目の前に開ける広大な海には、
大小さまざま、
ありとあらゆる生き物が生息しています。
26 海を見れば船が行き交い、
沖合にはくじらが戯れています。
27 生き物はみな、
あなたが下さる食物を待っています。
28 そして、配られた食物を満腹するまで食べるのです。
29 もし、あなたのそのような配慮がなければ、
彼らは途方にくれ、飢え死にするしかありません。

30 あなたが御霊を送られると、
新しいいのちが誕生します。
31 主をいつまでもほめたたえなさい。
主は、ご自分の手のわざを喜んでおられるのです。
32 主に見つめられると、大地はすくみ上がり、
神の手が少しでも触れれば、山は噴火するのです。
33 私は息を引き取るその時まで、主をたたえ続けます。
34 どうか、この思いが神に喜ばれますように。
私にとって、主は喜びの泉なのです。
35 神などどうでもいいと思っている罪人たちはみな、
地上から消え去りますように。
しかしこの私は、主をほめたたえます。
ハレルヤ。

Psalm 104

Praise the Lord, my soul.(A)

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.(B)

The Lord wraps(C) himself in light(D) as with a garment;
    he stretches(E) out the heavens(F) like a tent(G)
    and lays the beams(H) of his upper chambers on their waters.(I)
He makes the clouds(J) his chariot(K)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.(L)
He makes winds his messengers,[a](M)
    flames of fire(N) his servants.

He set the earth(O) on its foundations;(P)
    it can never be moved.
You covered it(Q) with the watery depths(R) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(S) above the mountains.
But at your rebuke(T) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(U) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(V) for them.
You set a boundary(W) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

10 He makes springs(X) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water(Y) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys(Z) quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky(AA) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.(AB)
13 He waters the mountains(AC) from his upper chambers;(AD)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(AE)
14 He makes grass grow(AF) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(AG) from the earth:
15 wine(AH) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil(AI) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains(AJ) their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord(AK) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon(AL) that he planted.
17 There the birds(AM) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;(AN)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.(AO)

19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,(AP)
    and the sun(AQ) knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,(AR) it becomes night,(AS)
    and all the beasts of the forest(AT) prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey(AU)
    and seek their food from God.(AV)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.(AW)
23 Then people go out to their work,(AX)
    to their labor until evening.(AY)

24 How many are your works,(AZ) Lord!
    In wisdom you made(BA) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.(BB)
25 There is the sea,(BC) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.(BD)
26 There the ships(BE) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,(BF) which you formed to frolic(BG) there.(BH)

27 All creatures look to you
    to give them their food(BI) at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied(BJ) with good things.
29 When you hide your face,(BK)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.(BL)
30 When you send your Spirit,(BM)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord(BN) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works(BO)
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,(BP)
    who touches the mountains,(BQ) and they smoke.(BR)

33 I will sing(BS) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice(BT) in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanish(BU) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.(BV)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.[b](BW)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:4 Or angels
  2. Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.

104 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

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 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 sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and 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.