Tehillim 104 . . . . . God is Ruling the World

A mighty change in the weather today beginning with the WIND with its mighty strength swaying every tree large or small, bringing with a deluge of RAIN pounding on windows and roofs, announcing that Hashem is in charge

1My soul, bless the Lord. My God, You are very great, You are attired with majesty and beauty.

2[You] enwrap Yourself with light like a garment; [You] extend the heavens like a curtain.

3Who roofs His upper chambers with water; Who makes clouds His chariot, which goes on the wings of the wind.

4He makes winds His messengers, burning fire His ministers.

5He founded the earth on its foundations that it not falter to eternity.

6You covered the deep as [with] a garment; the waters stand on the mountains.

7From Your rebuke they fled; from the sound of Your thunder they hastened away.

8They ascended mountains, they descended into valleys to this place, which You had founded for them.

9You set a boundary that they should not cross, that they should not return to cover the earth.

10He sends the springs into the streams; they go between the mountains.

11They water every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12Beside them the fowl of the heavens dwell; from between the branches they let out their voices.

13He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; from the fruit of Your works the earth is sated.

14He causes grass to sprout for the animals and vegetation for the work of man, to bring forth bread from the earth.

15And wine, which cheers man's heart, to make the face shine from oil, and bread, which sustains man's heart.

16The Lord's trees are sated, the cedars of Lebanon, which He planted.

17Where birds nest; as for the stork-the high junipers are its home.

18The lofty mountains for the ibexes; the rocks a shelter for the hyraxes.

19He made the moon for the appointed seasons; the sun knows its setting.

20You make darkness and it is night, in which every beast of the forest moves about.

21The young lions roar for prey and to beg their food from God.

22When the sun rises they gather in and couch in their dens.

23Man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.

24How great are Your works, O Lord! You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions!

25This sea-great and wide; there are creeping things and innumerable beasts, both small and large.

26There the ships go; You formed this leviathan with which to sport.

27They all look to You with hope, to give their food in its time.

28You give them that they may gather; You open Your hand that they may be sated with goodness.

29You hide Your countenance and they are frightened; You gather in their spirit and they perish and return to their dust.

30You will send forth Your spirit and they will be created, and You will renew the surface of the ground.

31The glory of the Lord will be forever; the Lord will rejoice with His works.

32He Who looks at the earth and it quakes; He touches the mountains and they emit smoke.

33I shall sing to the Lord while I am alive; I shall sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

34May my speech be pleasing to Him; I shall rejoice with the Lord.

35Sinners will be destroyed from the earth and the wicked will be no more; my soul, bless the Lord. Hallelujah.