Praise to God, Our Blessed Creator (Psalm 104, Part 3)

God’s Manifold Works (verses 24-35)

²⁴How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number living things both large and small.

²⁶There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

²⁷All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, you are satisfied with good things.

²⁹When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

³⁰When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works

³²he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,  who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more.

Praise the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord.

Because Creation is shaped by God’s wisdom, it invites our exploration. The personal Creator is still at work in the world, filling it with good things. May we take pleasure in God’s manifold works and worship Him. May our response to God’s wisdom, goodness, and power be praise, devotion, and a commitment to pleasing Him.

Praise You, wise God, for the wisdom of Your manifold creation. We give our lives to singing Your praise. May our meditation be pleasing to You as we rejoice in You. Praise the Lord!

O measureless Might! ineffable Love!

While angels delight to hymn thee above,

The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,

With true adoration shall sing to thy praise.

Robert Grant (1785-1838)