## Psalms Chapter 104

###### Psalms 104:1
[Psalms 104:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:1)

בָּרְכִ֥י נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶת־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי גָּדַ֣לְתָּ מְּאֹ֑ד ה֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר לָבָֽשְׁתָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God Thou art very great, Thou art clothed with glory and majesty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Bless the L rd, O my soul. O L rd, my G d, You are greatly exalted. You have clothed Yourself with glory and beauty.


###### Psalms 104:2
[Psalms 104:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:2)

עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who covers himself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He cloaks [the firmament] with light as with a garment. He stretches forth the heavens as a sheet.


###### Psalms 104:3
[Psalms 104:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:3)

הַ֥מְקָרֶ֥ה בַמַּ֗יִם עֲֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו הַשָּׂם־עָבִ֥ים רְכוּב֑וֹ הַֽ֝מְהַלֵּ֗ךְ עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He roofs His upper chambers with water. He makes clouds His chariot. He walks [the clouds] on the wings of the wind.


###### Psalms 104:4
[Psalms 104:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:4)

עֹשֶׂ֣ה מַלְאָכָ֣יו רוּח֑וֹת מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו אֵ֣שׁ לֹהֵֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who makes the winds his messengers; the flames of fire his ministers:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He makes winds His messengers; a burning fire, His ministers.


###### Psalms 104:5
[Psalms 104:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:5)

יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He established the earth on its foundations that it not incline [to fall] forever.


###### Psalms 104:6
[Psalms 104:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:6)

תְּ֭הוֹם כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ כִּסִּית֑וֹ עַל־הָ֝רִ֗ים יַ֖עַמְדוּ־מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He covered the depths [i.e., the sea] as with a garment; on the mountains stand the waters [(Oceanus, viz. Amos 5:8)].


###### Psalms 104:7
[Psalms 104:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:7)

מִן־גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְנוּס֑וּן מִן־ק֥וֹל רַ֝עַמְךָ֗ יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
At Thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of Thy thunder they hastened away;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
At Your rebuke [viz. Genesis 1:9], they [the waters] fled; at the sound of Your thundering, they quickened [(to their basin)].


###### Psalms 104:8
[Psalms 104:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:8)

יַעֲל֣וּ הָ֭רִים יֵרְד֣וּ בְקָע֑וֹת אֶל־מְ֝ק֗וֹם זֶ֤ה**׀** יָסַ֬דְתָּ לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they went up the mountains; they flowed down the valleys to the place which Thou didst found for them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They ascended mountains; they descended [into] the valleys, to this place that You founded for them.


###### Psalms 104:9
[Psalms 104:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:9)

גְּֽבוּל־שַׂ֭מְתָּ בַּל־יַעֲבֹר֑וּן בַּל־יְ֝שֻׁב֗וּן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst set a bound that they might not pass over; that they might not turn back to cover the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You set [for them] a bound [i.e., the shore] that they could not pass, [whereby] they could not return to cover the land.


###### Psalms 104:10
[Psalms 104:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:10)

הַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ מַ֭עְיָנִים בַּנְּחָלִ֑ים בֵּ֥ין הָ֝רִ֗ים יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sends the springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sends forth springs among the streams, that course between the mountains.


###### Psalms 104:11
[Psalms 104:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:11)

יַ֭שְׁקוּ כׇּל־חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י יִשְׁבְּר֖וּ פְרָאִ֣ים צְמָאָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they give drink to every wild beast: the wild asses quench their thirst.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They water all the living things of the field; the creatures slake their thirst [by them].


###### Psalms 104:12
[Psalms 104:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:12)

עֲ֭לֵיהֶם עוֹף־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׁכּ֑וֹן מִבֵּ֥ין עֳ֝פָאיִ֗ם יִתְּנוּ־קֽוֹל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Beside them dwell the birds of the sky; from among the branches they sing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Above them [(the springs)] dwell the birds of heaven, lifting their voices between the leaves.


###### Psalms 104:13
[Psalms 104:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:13)

מַשְׁקֶ֣ה הָ֭רִים מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָ֑יו מִפְּרִ֥י מַ֝עֲשֶׂ֗יךָ תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He waters the hills from his upper chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Thy works.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He waters mountains from His heights [(the clouds)]. From the fruit of Your works [i.e., the rain] the earth is sated.


###### Psalms 104:14
[Psalms 104:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:14)

מַצְמִ֤יחַ חָצִ֨יר**׀** לַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וְ֭עֵשֶׂב לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת הָאָדָ֑ם לְה֥וֹצִיא לֶ֝֗חֶם מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He makes sprout grass for the beast and herb for the work of man, to bring forth bread from the earth.


###### Psalms 104:15
[Psalms 104:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:15)

וְיַ֤יִן**׀** יְשַׂמַּ֬ח לְֽבַב־אֱנ֗וֹשׁ לְהַצְהִ֣יל פָּנִ֣ים מִשָּׁ֑מֶן וְ֝לֶ֗חֶם לְֽבַב־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ יִסְעָֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and wine that makes glad the heart of man; oil to brighten his face; and bread which sustains the heart of man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And wine which rejoices the heart of man, [the wherewithal] to brighten his face with oil, and bread to stay the heart of man.


###### Psalms 104:16
[Psalms 104:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:16)

יִ֭שְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה אַֽרְזֵ֥י לְ֝בָנ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָטָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The trees of the Lord have their fill; the cedars of Levanon, which he has planted;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The trees of the L rd [in Eden] are sated, the cedars of Lebanon which He planted,


###### Psalms 104:17
[Psalms 104:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:17)

אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֭ם צִפֳּרִ֣ים יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ חֲ֝סִידָ֗ה בְּרוֹשִׁ֥ים בֵּיתָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the cypress trees are her house.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Where the birds nest, the stork [making] firs its home,


###### Psalms 104:18
[Psalms 104:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:18)

הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the badgers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The high mountains for the wild goats; the rocks, a shelter for the conies.


###### Psalms 104:19
[Psalms 104:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:19)

עָשָׂ֣ה יָ֭רֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִ֑ים שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ יָדַ֥ע מְבוֹאֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He made the moon for [(the reckoning of)] festivals; the sun knows its setting [(as opposed to the moon, whose setting is sometimes long, sometimes short)].


###### Psalms 104:20
[Psalms 104:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:20)

תָּֽשֶׁת־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וִ֣יהִי לָ֑יְלָה בּוֹ־תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ כׇּל־חַיְתוֹ־יָֽעַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou makest darkness, and it is night; when all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You made darkness and it [i.e., its domain] was night, wherein stir all the creatures of the forest.


###### Psalms 104:21
[Psalms 104:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:21)

הַ֭כְּפִירִים שֹׁאֲגִ֣ים לַטָּ֑רֶף וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ מֵאֵ֣ל אׇכְלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The young lions roar for the prey, and seek their food from G d.


###### Psalms 104:22
[Psalms 104:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:22)

תִּזְרַ֣ח הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן וְאֶל־מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם יִרְבָּצֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The sun rises, they slink away, and lay them down in their dens.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When the sun rises, they betake themselves, and in their dens they lie.


###### Psalms 104:23
[Psalms 104:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:23)

יֵצֵ֣א אָדָ֣ם לְפׇעֳל֑וֹ וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ עֲדֵי־עָֽרֶב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Man goes forth to his work and to his labour until the evening.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man [then] goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.


###### Psalms 104:24
[Psalms 104:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:24)

מָה־רַבּ֬וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֨יךָ**׀** יְֽהֹוָ֗ה כֻּ֭לָּם בְּחׇכְמָ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ מָלְאָ֥ה הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ קִנְיָנֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy creatures.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How vast are Your works, O L rd. You have wrought all in wisdom; the earth is full of Your acquisitions.


###### Psalms 104:25
[Psalms 104:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:25)

זֶ֤ה**׀** הַיָּ֥ם גָּדוֹל֮ וּרְחַ֢ב יָ֫דָ֥יִם שָֽׁם־רֶ֭מֶשׂ וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר חַיּ֥וֹת קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹת עִם־גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are creeping things innumerable, both small and great beasts.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This great, broad sea, endued with infinite stirrings, small creatures and great,


###### Psalms 104:26
[Psalms 104:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:26)

שָׁ֭ם אֳנִיּ֣וֹת יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן זֶֽה־יָצַ֥רְתָּ לְשַֽׂחֶק־בּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There go the ships: there are the dolphins, whom Thou hast made to play therein.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whereon course the ships; this leviathan, which You formed to disport with.


###### Psalms 104:27
[Psalms 104:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:27)

כֻּ֭לָּם אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן לָתֵ֖ת אׇכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayst give them their food in due season.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They all aspire to You, to give [them] their food in its time.


###### Psalms 104:28
[Psalms 104:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:28)

תִּתֵּ֣ן לָ֭הֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן תִּפְתַּ֥ח יָ֝דְךָ֗ יִשְׂבְּע֥וּן טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou givest it to them; they gather it: Thou openest Thy hand, they are filled with good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You give it to them and they gather it; You open wide Your hand and they are sated with good.


###### Psalms 104:29
[Psalms 104:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:29)

תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנֶיךָ֮ יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן תֹּסֵ֣ף ר֭וּחָם יִגְוָע֑וּן וְֽאֶל־עֲפָרָ֥ם יְשׁוּבֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled: Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When You hide Your face, they are confounded. You stifle their spirit and they expire, and they return to their dust.


###### Psalms 104:30
[Psalms 104:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:30)

תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח ר֭וּחֲךָ יִבָּרֵא֑וּן וּ֝תְחַדֵּ֗שׁ פְּנֵ֣י אֲדָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou sendest forth Thy breath, they are created: and Thou renewest the face of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When You send Your spirit [(for the resurrection)], they will be [re-] created, and the face of the earth will be renewed.


###### Psalms 104:31
[Psalms 104:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:31)

יְהִ֤י כְב֣וֹד יְהֹוָ֣ה לְעוֹלָ֑ם יִשְׂמַ֖ח יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּמַעֲשָֽׂיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
May the glory of the Lord endure forever: let the Lord rejoice in his works.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The glory of the L rd shall endure forever; the L rd shall rejoice in His handiwork.


###### Psalms 104:32
[Psalms 104:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:32)

הַמַּבִּ֣יט לָ֭אָרֶץ וַתִּרְעָ֑ד יִגַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the hills, and they smoke.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He looks to the earth and it trembles; He touches the mountains and they smoke.


###### Psalms 104:33
[Psalms 104:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:33)

אָשִׁ֣ירָה לַיהֹוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall sing to the L rd in my life; I shall sing to the L rd while I live.


###### Psalms 104:34
[Psalms 104:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:34)

יֶעֱרַ֣ב עָלָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י אָ֝נֹכִ֗י אֶשְׂמַ֥ח בַּיהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will rejoice in the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My plaint shall be sweet to Him; I shall rejoice in the L rd.


###### Psalms 104:35
[Psalms 104:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/104:35)

יִתַּ֤מּוּ חַטָּאִ֨ים**׀** מִן־הָאָ֡רֶץ וּרְשָׁעִ֤ים**׀** ע֤וֹד אֵינָ֗ם בָּרְכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהֹוָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The sinners will be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked will be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Haleluya!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sinners will vanish from the earth and the wicked will be no more. Bless the L rd, O my soul, Hallelukah!