Psalm 104
1 ಓ ನನ್ನ ಮನವೇ, ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸು; ನನ್ನ ದೇವರಾದ ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ನೀನು ಬಹಳ ದೊಡ್ಡವನಾಗಿದ್ದು ಗೌರವ ವನ್ನೂ ಪ್ರಭೆಯನ್ನೂ ಹೊದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೀ.
2 ಆತನು ವಸ್ತ್ರದ ಹಾಗೆ ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಾತನೂ ಆಕಾಶ ವನ್ನು ಪರದೆ ಹಾಗೆ ಹಾಸುವಾತನೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
3 ಆತನು ನೀರುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ ಉಪ್ಪರಿಗೆಗಳ ತೊಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಇರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಮೋಡಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ರಥವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು ತ್ತಾನೆ. ಗಾಳಿಯ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ನಡೆದು ಹೋಗು ತ್ತಾನೆ.
4 ಆತನು ತನ್ನ ದೂತರನ್ನು ಆತ್ಮಗಳನ್ನಾಗಿಯೂ ಉರಿಯುವ ಬೆಂಕಿಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಸೇವಕರನ್ನಾಗಿಯೂ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
5 ಯುಗಯುಗಾಂತರಗಳಿಗೂ ಅದು ಕದಲದ ಹಾಗೆ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಅದರ ಅಸ್ತಿವಾರಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಆತನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದನು.
6 ನೀನು ಜಲಾಗಾಧದಿಂದ ವಸ್ತ್ರದ ಹಾಗೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ್ದೀ; ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ನೀರುಗಳು ನಿಂತವು.
7 ಅವು ನಿನ್ನ ಗದರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಓಡಿಹೋದವು; ನಿನ್ನ ಗುಡುಗಿನ ಶಬ್ದದಿಂದ ಅವು ಓಡಿಹೋದವು.
8 ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಏರಿ, ತಗ್ಗುಗಳಿಗೆ ಇಳಿದು, ನೀನು ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದವು.
9 ಅವು ದಾಟದ ಹಾಗೆಯೂ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚುವದಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರಿಗಿ ಬಾರದ ಹಾಗೆಯೂ ಮೇರೆಯನ್ನು ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೀ.
10 ಬುಗ್ಗೆ ಗಳನ್ನು ಹಳ್ಳಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸುತ್ತೀ; ಅವು ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಹರಿಯುತ್ತವೆ;
11 ಕಾಡಿನ ಮೃಗಗಳಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅವು ನೀರು ಕುಡಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ಕಾಡು ಕತ್ತೆಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ದಾಹವನ್ನು ತೀರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ.
12 ಆಕಾಶದ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳು ಅವುಗಳ ಹತ್ತಿರ ವಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಕೊಂಬೆಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯ ದಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಹಾಡುತ್ತವೆ.
13 ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಉಪ್ಪರಿಗೆ ಗಳೊಳಗಿಂದ ನೀರು ಹಾಕುತ್ತಾನೆ; ತನ್ನ ಕೆಲಸಗಳ ಫಲದಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಯು ತೃಪ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
14 ಆತನು ಪಶುಗಳಿಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಹುಲ್ಲನ್ನೂ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಸೇವೆ ಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಪಲ್ಯಗಳನ್ನೂ ಮೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಹೀಗೆ ಭೂಮಿಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ಬರಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
15 ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಾರಸವು ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಹೃದಯವನ್ನು ಸಂತೋಷ ಪಡಿಸುತ್ತದೆ; ಎಣ್ಣೆಯು ಅವನ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಾ ಶಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ; ರೊಟ್ಟಿಯು ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಹೃದಯವನ್ನು ಬಲಪಡಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
16 ಆತನು ನೆಟ್ಟ ಕರ್ತನ ಮರಗಳಾದ ಲೆಬನೋನಿನ ದೇವದಾರುಗಳು ತೃಪ್ತಿ ಯಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.
17 ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗಳು ಗೂಡು ಕಟ್ಟುತ್ತವೆ; ಬಕದ ಮನೆಯು ತುರಾಯಿ ಗಿಡಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೆ.
18 ಎತ್ತರವಾದ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು ಕಾಡುಮೇಕೆಗಳಿಗೆ, ಬಂಡೆ ಗಳು ಮೊಲಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಶ್ರಯವಾಗಿವೆ.
19 ನೇಮಿಸಿದ ಕಾಲಗಳಿಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಚಂದ್ರನನ್ನು ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ಸೂರ್ಯನು ತನ್ನ ಅಸ್ತಮಾನ ವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
20 ನೀನು ಕತ್ತಲನ್ನು ಬರಮಾಡುತ್ತೀ; ಆಗ ರಾತ್ರಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡವಿಯ ಮೃಗ ಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.
21 ಸಿಂಹದ ಮರಿಗಳು ಬೇಟೆ ಗೋಸ್ಕರವೂ ದೇವರಿಂದ ತಮ್ಮ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ಹುಡು ಕುವದಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರವೂ ಗರ್ಜಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.
22 ಸೂರ್ಯನು ಹುಟ್ಟಲು ಅವು ಕೂಡಿ ಬಂದು ತಮ್ಮ ಗವಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲಗುತ್ತವೆ.
23 ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ತನ್ನ ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೂ ಸಾಯಂ ಕಾಲದ ವರೆಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರಯಾಸಕ್ಕೂ ಹೊರಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
24 ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ನಿನ್ನ ಕೆಲಸಗಳು ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಉಂಟು! ಅವುಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀ; ಭೂಮಿಯು ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿನಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದೆ.
25 ದೊಡ್ಡದೂ ವಿಶಾಲವಾದದ್ದೂ ಆದ ಸಮುದ್ರವದೆ; ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಲೆಕ್ಕವಿಲ್ಲದ ಜೀವಜಂತುಗಳೂ ಸಣ್ಣ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮೃಗಗಳೂ ಅವೆ.
26 ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಡಗುಗಳು ಹೋಗು ತ್ತವೆ; ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಆಡುವದಕ್ಕೆ ನೀನು ರೂಪಿಸಿದ ಲೆವಿ ಯಾತಾನವು ಅದೆ.
27 ನೀನು ಅವುಗಳ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ತಕ್ಕ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಡುವಹಾಗೆ ಅವುಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ.
28 ನೀನು ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಕೊಡಲು ಅವು ಕೂಡಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ನೀನು ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈ ತೆರೆಯಲು ಒಳ್ಳೇ ದರಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.
29 ನೀನು ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಮರೆಮಾಡಲು ತಲ್ಲಣಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ನೀನು ಅವುಗಳ ಶ್ವಾಸವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದು ಬಿಡಲು, ಅವು ಸತ್ತುಹೋಗಿ, ತಮ್ಮ ಧೂಳಿಗೆ ತಿರುಗುತ್ತವೆ.
30 ನೀನು ನಿನ್ನ ಶ್ವಾಸ ವನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಲು ಅವು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತವೆ; ನೀನು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೀ.
31 ಕರ್ತನ ಮಹಿಮೆಯು ಯುಗಯುಗಕ್ಕೂ ಇರಲಿ; ಕರ್ತನು ತನ್ನ ಕೆಲಸಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತೋಷಪಡಲಿ.
32 ಆತನು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ದೃಷ್ಟಿಸಲು ಅದು ನಡು ಗುತ್ತದೆ; ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಟ್ಟಲು ಅವು ಹೊಗೆ ಹಾಯುತ್ತವೆ.
33 ನಾನು ಜೀವಿತಕಾಲವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ ಹಾಡು ವೆನು ನಾನು ಇರುವ ವರೆಗೆ ದೇವರನ್ನು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸುವೆನು.
34 ಆತನ ವಿಷಯವಾದ ನನ್ನ ಧ್ಯಾನವು ಸಿಹಿಯಾಗಿ ರುವದು; ನಾನು ಕರ್ತನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತೋಷಪಡುವೆನು.
35 ಪಾಪಾತ್ಮರು ಭೂಮಿಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ನಾಶವಾಗಲಿ; ದುಷ್ಟರು ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಹೋಗಲಿ; ಓ ನನ್ನ ಮನವೇ, ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸು; ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಕೊಂಡಾಡಿರಿ.
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.
1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.
30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.
36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.