104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. 1
When you take away their life’s breath, they die
and return to dust.
104:30 When you send your life-giving breath, they are created,
and you replenish the surface of the ground.
104:31 May the splendor of the Lord endure! 2
May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made! 3
104:32 He looks down on the earth and it shakes;
he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.
104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist! 4
104:34 May my thoughts 5 be pleasing to him!
I will rejoice in the Lord.
104:35 May sinners disappear 6 from the earth,
and the wicked vanish!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
1 tn Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”
2 tn Heb “be forever.”
3 tn Or “rejoice in his works.”
4 tn Heb “in my duration.”
5 tn That is, the psalmist’s thoughts as expressed in his songs of praise.
6 tn Or “be destroyed.”