Catholic Public Domain Version

Psalm 103:14-29 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

14. producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,

15. and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man.

16. The trees of the field will be saturated, along with the cedars of Lebanon, which he planted.

17. There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron.

18. The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog.

19. He has made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting.

20. You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it.

21. The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God.

22. The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together.

23. Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening.

24. How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions.

25. This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great.

26. There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them.

27. All these expect you to give them food in due time.

28. What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness.

29. But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust.