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23 Then people go to work and work until evening.
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Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.
24 Lord, you have made many things; with your wisdom you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
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How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Look at the sea, so big and wide, with creatures large and small that cannot be counted.
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There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
26 Ships travel over the ocean, and there is the sea monster Leviathan, which you made to play there.
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There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
27 All these things depend on you to give them their food at the right time.
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All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up. When you open your hand, they are filled with good food.
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When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
29 When you turn away from them, they become frightened. When you take away their breath, they die and turn to dust.
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When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
30 When you breathe on them, they are created, and you make the land new again.
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When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord be forever. May the Lord enjoy what he has made.
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May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works—
32 He just looks at the earth, and it shakes. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
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I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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