WalkDeep Prayers - Psalm 104

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Psalm 104

(adapted for prayer)

Lord our God, how great you are,

clothed with splendor and majesty.

You stretch out the heavens like a tent,

with the sun to mark our days of work

and the moon for our nights of rest.

Your fingers created the earth

and wrapped it with the ocean like a cloak.

There the ships sail,

and beneath them glide the great sea creatures

that you made to play with.

You pour down rain

which the ground takes up.

You set springs gushing forth in the valleys,

and streams that flow between the mountains,

giving water to all that lives.

You make grass grow for the cattle

and crops in abundance for our needs.

You bring goodness to the trees,

and in their branches the birds build their nests.

Swarms of all living creatures are so many

that they could never be counted.

What variety you have created, Lord,

arranging everything with amazing beauty.

You send your Spirit, and all things have life.

Fill us with your Spirit, Lord,

and give us new life.