Psalm 104:24–30
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104:24How many living things you have made, O Lord!30
You have exhibited great skill in making all of them;31
the earth is full of the living things you have made.
104:25Over here is the deep, wide sea,32
which teems with innumerable swimming creatures,33
living things both small and large.
104:26The ships travel there,
and over here swims the whale34 you made to play in it.
104:27All of your creatures35 wait for you
to provide them with food on a regular basis.36
104:28You give food to them and they receive it;
you open your hand and they are filled with food.37
104:29When you ignore them, they panic.38
When you take away their life’s breath, they die
and return to dust.
104:30When you send your life-giving breath, they are created,
and you replenish the surface of the ground.
Footnotes
- 30 Heb “How many [are] your works, O Lord.” In this case the Lord’s “works” are the creatures he has made, as the preceding and following contexts make clear.
- 31 Heb “all of them with wisdom you have made.”
- 32 Heb “this [is] the sea, great and broad of hands [i.e., “sides” or “shores”].”
- 33 Heb “where [there are] swimming things, and without number.”
- 34 Heb “[and] this Leviathan, [which] you formed to play in it.” Elsewhere Leviathan is a multiheaded sea monster that symbolizes forces hostile to God (see Ps 74:14; Isa 27:1), but here it appears to be an actual marine creature created by God, probably some type of whale.
- 35 Heb “All of them.” The pronoun “them” refers not just to the sea creatures mentioned in vv. 25–26, but to all living things (see v. 24). This has been specified in the translation as “all of your creatures” for clarity.
- 36 Heb “to give their food in its time.”
- 37 Heb “they are satisfied [with] good.”
- 38 Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
These all look to you,
to give them their food in due season.
When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
How many are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.
There the ships go to and fro,
and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
All creatures look to you
to give them their food at the proper time.
When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
How countless are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.
There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.
All of them wait for you
to give them their food at the right time.
When you give it to them,
they gather it;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
When you send your breath,
they are created,
and you renew the surface of the ground.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
O Lord, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.
Here is the ocean, vast and wide,
teeming with life of every kind,
both large and small.
See the ships sailing along,
and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.
They all depend on you
to give them food as they need it.
When you supply it, they gather it.
You open your hand to feed them,
and they are richly satisfied.
But if you turn away from them, they panic.
When you take away their breath,
they die and turn again to dust.
When you give them your breath, life is created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
How many are your works, O Yahweh;
all of them you have done in wisdom.
The earth is full of your creatures.
This is the great and wide sea,
in which are moving animals without number,
living things small and great.
There the ships sail.
Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.
They all wait for you
to give them their food at the proper time.
You give to them; they gather it.
You open your hand, they are filled with what is good.
You hide your face, they are terrified.
You take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
You send forth your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
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KJV 1900King James Version
O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all:
The earth is full of thy riches.
So is this great and wide sea,
Wherein are things creeping innumerable,
Both small and great beasts.
There go the ships:
There is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
These wait all upon thee;
That thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
That thou givest them they gather:
Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:
Thou takest away their breath, they die,
And return to their dust.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:
And thou renewest the face of the earth.
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