Psalm 104:10–30

¹⁰You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys;

they flow between the mountains.

¹¹They give drink for every beast of the field.

The wild donkeys quench^c their thirst.

¹²Along them the birds of the heavens abide.

From among the branches they sing.^d

¹³You are the one who waters^e the mountains

from his upper chambers.

The earth is full^f with the fruit of your labors:

¹⁴who causes grass to grow for the cattle

and herbs for the service of humankind,

to bring forth food from the earth,

¹⁵and wine that makes glad the heart of man,

so that their faces shine from oil,

and bread that strengthens the heart of man.

¹⁶The trees of Yahweh drink their fill,

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,

¹⁷where birds make their nest.

The stork has its home in the fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;

the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon for appointed times;

the sun knows its time for setting.

²⁰You make darkness, and it is night,

when^g all the animals of the forest creep about.

²¹The young lions are roaring for the prey

and seeking their food from God.

²²When the sun rises, they gather together

and lie down in their dens.

²³Humankind goes out to its work,

and to its labor until evening.

²⁴How many are your works, O Yahweh;

all of them you have done in wisdom.

The earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵This is the great and wide^h sea,

in which are moving animals without number,

living things small and great.

²⁶There the ships sail.

Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.ⁱ

²⁷They all wait for you

to give them their food at the proper time.^j

²⁸You give to them; they gather it.

You open your hand, they are filled with what is good.

²⁹You hide your face, they are terrified.

You take away their breath, they die

and return to their dust.

³⁰You send forth your Spirit,^k they are created,

and you renew the face of the ground.