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23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.
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Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
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How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
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There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
26 There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
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There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
27 These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
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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 things.
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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 hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their 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 send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
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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 endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works,
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May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works—
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who 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 as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
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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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