When the sun rises, they retire :
and lay themselves down in their dens.
Man goes out to his work :
and to his labour until the evening.
Lord, how various are your works :
in wisdom you have made them all,
and the earth is full of your creatures.
There is the wide, immeasurable sea :
there move living things without number,
great and small;
There go the ships, to and fro :
and there is that Leviathan
whom you formed to sport in the deep.
These all look to you :
to give them their food in due season.
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 troubled :
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 earth.
May the glory of the Lord endure for ever :
may the Lord rejoice in his works.
If he look upon the earth, it shall tremble :
if he but touch the mountains, they shall smoke.
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live :
I will praise my God while I have any being.
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The Liturgical Psalter is © 1976, 1977, David L Frost, John A Emerton, Andrew A Macintosh.
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