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Bless the Lord, O my soul: * O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great.^103:1 Thou hast put on praise and beauty: * and art clothed with light as with a garment.^103:1 Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: * who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water.^103:2 Who makest the clouds thy chariot: * who walkest upon the wings of the winds.^103:3 Who makest thy angels spirits: * and thy ministers a burning fire.^103:4 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: * it shall not be moved for ever and ever.^103:5 The deep like a garment is its clothing: * above the mountains shall the waters stand.^103:6 At thy rebuke they shall flee: * at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.^103:7 The mountains ascend, and the plains descend * into the place which thou hast founded for them.^103:8 Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; * neither shall they return to cover the earth.^103:9 Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: * between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.^103:10 All the beasts of the field shall drink: * the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.^103:11 Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: * from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.^103:12 ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. ℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: * the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:^103:13 Bringing forth grass for cattle, * and herb for the service of men.^103:14 That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: * and that wine may cheer the heart of man.^103:14 That he may make the face cheerful with oil: * and that bread may strengthen man’s heart.^103:15 The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted: * there the sparrows shall make their nests.^103:16 The highest of them is the house of the heron. * The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.^103:17 He hath made the moon for seasons: * the sun knoweth his going down.^103:19 Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: * in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:^103:20 The young lions roaring after their prey, * and seeking their meat from God.^103:21 The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: * and they shall lie down in their dens.^103:22 Man shall go forth to his work, * and to his labour until the evening.^103:23 ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. ℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

How great are thy works, O Lord? * thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.^103:24 So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: * there are creeping things without number:^103:25 Creatures little and great. * There the ships shall go.^103:26 This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein. * All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.^103:27 What thou givest to them they shall gather up: * when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.^103:28 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: * thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.^103:29 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: * and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.^103:30 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: * the Lord shall rejoice in his works.^103:31 He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: * he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.^103:32 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: * I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.^103:33 Let my speech be acceptable to him: * but I will take delight in the Lord.^103:34 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: * O my soul, bless thou the Lord.^103:35 ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. ℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant. O Lord, my God, thou art exceedingly great.