Verse 18
Psalms 104:18
World English Bible, British Edition
18
The high mountains are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָרִ֣ים הַ֭/גְּבֹהִים לַ/יְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽ/שְׁפַנִּֽים
English Translation
The high mountains are a refuge for the hyraxes.
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Chapter 104 Context
1
Bless the LORD, my soul.
The LORD, my God (Elohim), you are very great.
You are clothed with honour...
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2
He covers himself with light as with a garment.
He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
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3
He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot.
He walks on the wings...
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4
He makes his messengers winds,
and his servants flames of fire.
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5
He laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
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6
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
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At your rebuke they fled.
At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
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8
The mountains rose,
the valleys sank down,
to the place which you had assigned to them.
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9
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
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10
He sends springs into the valleys.
They run amongst the mountains.
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11
They give drink to every animal of the field.
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing amongst the branches.
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13
He waters the mountains from his rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
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14
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce...
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15
wine that makes the heart of man glad,
oil to make his face to shine,
and bread that strengthens man...
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16
The LORD’s trees are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
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17
where the birds make their nests.
The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
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He appointed the moon for seasons.
The sun knows when to set.
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20
You make darkness, and it is night,
in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
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21
The young lions roar after their prey,
and seek their food from God (Elohim).
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22
The sun rises, and they steal away,
and lie down in their dens.
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23
Man goes out to his work,
to his labour until the evening.
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24
The LORD, how many are your works!
In wisdom, you have made them all.
The earth is full of your rich...
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25
There is the sea, great and wide,
in which are innumerable living things,
both small and large anima...
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26
There the ships go,
and leviathan, whom you formed 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
You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
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29
You hide your face; they are troubled.
You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
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30
You send out your Spirit and they are created.
You renew the face of the ground.
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31
Let the LORD’s glory endure forever.
Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
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32
He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, 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 (Elohim) while I have any be...
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34
Let my meditation be sweet to him.
I will rejoice in the LORD.
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35
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.
Let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, my soul.
Praise...
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