Orthodox Jewish Bible

Tehillim 104:17-26 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

17. Where the tzipporim (birds) make their nests; as for the khasidah (stork), the beroshim (cypresses) are her bais.

18. The high hills are a makhseh (refuge, shelter) for the wild goats; and the rocks for the gophers.

19. He appointed the yarei'ach for mo'adim; the shemesh knoweth the place of its going down.

20. Thou makest choshech, and it is lailah; wherein all the beasts of the ya'ar (forest) do creep forth.

21. The young lions roar after their teref (prey), and seek their okhel from G-d.

22. The shemesh ariseth, they retreat, and lay themselves down in their me'onot (dwelling places, dens, homes [Yn 14:2 OJBC]).

23. Adam goeth forth unto his work and to his avodah (labor, service) until erev.

24. Hashem, how manifold are Thy ma'asim! In chochmah (wisdom; cf Psa 33:6; Yn 1:1) hast Thou made them all; ha'aretz is full of Thy creatures.

25. So is this gadol (great) and rekhav (wide, spacious) yam (sea), wherein are remes (creeping things), innumerable swarming chayyot (creatures), ketanot and gedolot.

26. There go the oniyyot (ships); there is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made lesakhek (to play, to sport, to frolic) therein.