Psalm 104:10–30

¹⁰He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;

they flow between the mountains.^b

¹¹They supply water for every wild beast;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.^c

¹²The birds of the sky live beside the springs;

they make their voices heard among the foliage.^d

¹³He waters the mountains from his palace;

the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.^e

¹⁴He causes grass to grow for the livestock

and provides crops for man to cultivate,

producing food from the earth,^f

¹⁵wine that makes human hearts glad—

making his face shine with oil—

and bread that sustains human hearts.^g

¹⁶The trees of the Lord flourish,^C

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.^h

¹⁷There the birds make their nests;

storks make their homes in the pine trees.ⁱ

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;

the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.^j

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the^D festivals;^E

the sun knows when to set.^k

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals stir.^l

²¹The young lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God.^m

²²The sun rises; they go back

and lie down in their dens.ⁿ

²³Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until evening.^o

²⁴How countless are your works, Lord!

In wisdom you have made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.^Ap

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small.^q

²⁶There the ships move about,

and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.^r

²⁷All of them wait for you

to give them their food at the right time.^s

²⁸When you give it to them,

they gather it;

when you open your hand,

they are satisfied with good things.^t

²⁹When you hide your face,

they are terrified;

when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.^u

³⁰When you send your breath,^B

they are created,^*

and you renew the surface of the ground.^v