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New Revised Standard NRS
24 LORD, you have done so many things! You made them all so wisely! The earth is full of your creations!
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O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
25 And then there's the sea, wide and deep, with its countless creatures— living things both small and large.
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Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships on it, and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it!
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There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
27 All your creations wait for you to give them their food on time.
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These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled completely full!
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when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 But when you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
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When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 When you let loose your breath, they are created, and you make the surface of the ground brand-new again.
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When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the LORD's glory last forever! Let the LORD rejoice in all he has made!
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May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32 He has only to look at the earth, and it shakes. God just touches the mountains, and they erupt in smoke.
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who looks on 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 praises to my God while I'm still alive.
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I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 Let my praise be pleasing to him; I'm rejoicing in the LORD!
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May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let sinners be wiped clean from the earth; let the wicked be no more. But let my whole being bless the LORD! Praise the LORD!
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Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!
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