The Prayers of Wild Things

Bless the Lord, O my soul.

O Lord my God, you are very great.

You are clothed with honor and majesty.

You set the foundation of the earth so that it shall never be shaken.

You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and plants for people to use to bring forth food from the earth.

O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all.

The earth is full of your creatures.

Yonder is the sea, great and wide.

Creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.

There go the ships and Leviathan that you formed to sport in the seas.

These all look to you to give them their food in due season.

When you hide your face, they are dismayed.

When you take away their breath, they die and are returned to their dust.

When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.

I will sing praise to my God while I have being." Friends, this is the word of the Lord.