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| 1 Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,–Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself, |
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| 2 Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain; |
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| 3 Building, in the waters, his upper chambers,–Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind; |
Clouds his chariot – "Behold, he cometh with clouds." (Rev 1:7) R153:3
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| 4 Making His messengers, winds, His attendants, a flaming fire; |
Maketh his angels – "Who maketh the winds his angels and flaming fire his servants." R2382:2
God is as able to use winds or waves, lightnings or sandstorms, or pestilence, as any other agency in the execution of his will. R2382:2
Spirits – Spirit beings. R5043:1; Q838:4
His ministers – God can use anybody or anything as his agency, his messenger. R5815:3
A flaming fire – Spirit beings can appear as a flame of fire, as in the burning bush. (Exo. 3:2) HG28:4
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| 5 He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age-abiding and beyond. |
Of the earth – The new, perfect, conditions of human society. R1814:1
For ever – Not to be burned up, but to "abide forever." (Eccl. 1:4) R6013:5
The same physical earth remains, and is the scene of great revolutionary changes, justifying the use of the symbols of a new heaven and a new earth. R1615:4
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| 6 With the resounding deep–as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters; |
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| 7 At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away; |
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| 8 Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them; |
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| 9 Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth. |
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| 10 Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along; |
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| 11 They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst. |
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| 12 Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice. |
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| 13 Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth. |
Earth is satisfied – Not envious of the Gospel Church and its reward. R613:2
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| 14 Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth; |
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| 15 And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face,–And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain. |
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| 16 Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; |
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| 17 Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir-trees, hath her house; |
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| 18 The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies. |
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| 19 He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in.
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| 20 Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest; |
Beasts – Wild beasts; not man-eating Negroes, as some claim. R3044:5
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| 21 The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food. |
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| 22 The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And, in their lairs, lay them down. |
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| 23 Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening. |
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| 24 How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them–in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession:– |
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| 25 This sea here, is great and broad on both hands,–Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great; |
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| 26 There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein; |
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| 27 All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season; |
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| 28 Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good. |
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| 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return: |
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| 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground. |
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| 31 Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age-abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works: |
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| 32 Who looketh at the earth, and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. |
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| 33 I will sing to Yahweh, as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God, while I continue; |
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| 34 Pleasing unto him, be my meditation, I, will rejoice in Yahweh. |
My meditation – Only in pondering the Word of the Lord can we receive its nourishment. A hasty reading of the Scriptures makes a spiritual dyspeptic. R1390:3
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| 35 Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist,–Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah! |
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