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Today's Readings
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Sunday, 29th September 2024 --- 19 Tute 1741
Psalms 104 : 4 - 138 : 1 - 2
Chapter 104
4 | Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.
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5 | You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,
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6 | You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains.
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7 | At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
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8 | They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them.
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9 | You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.
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10 | He sends the springs into the valleys; They flow among the hills.
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11 | They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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12 | By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches.
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13 | He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
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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,
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15 | And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man's heart.
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16 | The trees of the LORD are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
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17 | Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees.
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18 | The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
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19 | He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows its going down.
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20 | You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
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21 | The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
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22 | When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens.
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23 | Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening.
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24 | O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions--
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25 | This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.
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26 | There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.
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27 | These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season.
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28 | What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
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29 | You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
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30 | You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth.
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31 | May the glory of the LORD endure forever; May the LORD rejoice in His works.
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32 | He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.
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33 | I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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34 | May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the LORD.
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35 | May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
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Chapter 138
1 | I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
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Acknowledgement
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