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105">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Lord Takes Care of His Creation</h3>1I praise you, Lord God,with all my heart.You are glorious and majestic,dressed in royal robes2and surrounded by light.You spread out the skylike a tent,3and you built your homeover the mighty ocean.The clouds are your chariotwith the wind as its wings.4<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.104.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> The winds are your messengers,and flames of fireare your servants.5You built foundationsfor the earth, and itwill never be shaken.6You covered the earthwith the ocean that roseabove the mountains.7Then your voice thundered!And the water flowed8down the mountainsand through the valleysto the place you prepared.9Now you have set boundaries,so that the water will neverflood the earth again.10You provide streams of waterin the hills and valleys,11so that the donkeysand other wild animalscan satisfy their thirst.12Birds build their nests nearbyand sing in the trees.13From your home aboveyou send rain on the hillsand water the earth.14You let the earth producegrass for cattle,plants for our food,15wine to cheer us up,olive oil for our skin,and grain for our health.16Our Lord, your treesalways have water,and so do the cedarsyou planted in Lebanon.17Birds nest in those trees,and storks make their homein the fir trees.18Wild goats find a homein the tall mountains,and small animals can hidebetween the rocks.19You created the moonto tell us the seasons.The sun knows when to set,20and you made the darkness,so the animals in the forestcould come out at night.21Lions roar as they huntfor the food you provide.22But when morning comes,they return to their dens,23then we go out to workuntil the end of day.24Our Lord, by your wisdomyou made so many things;the whole earth is coveredwith your living creatures.25But what about the oceanso big and wide?It is alive with creatures,large and small.26<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.104.26!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> And there are the ships,as well as Leviathan,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.104.26!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> the monster you createdto splash in the sea.27All of these depend on youto provide them with food,28and you feed each onewith your own hand,until they are full.29But when you turn away,they are terrified;when you end their life,they die and rot.30You created all of themby your Spirit,and you give new lifeto the earth.31Our Lord, we praythat your glorywill last foreverand that you will be pleasedwith what you have done.32You look at the earth,and it trembles.You touch the mountains,and smoke goes up.33As long as I live,I will sing and praise you,the Lord God.34I hope my thoughtswill please you,because you are the onewho makes me glad.35Destroy all wicked sinnersfrom the earthonce and for all.With all my heartI praise you, Lord!I praise you!</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">104.26 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Leviathan: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 74.14.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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