'He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
'They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
'By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches ...
'He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth.
'And wine that maketh glad the heart of man ...
'The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted.
'Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
'The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies.
'He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
'Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
'The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
'The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
'Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening....
'This great and wide sea, wherein are creeping things innumerable, both small and great beasts....
'He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
'I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I have my being.'--_Psalm_ 104.
And what a lofty point of view is shewn by the overpowering words which Job puts into the mouth of Jehovah; 'Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line upon it?
'Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof?
'When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?...
'Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place?
'That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?...
'Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea, or hast thou walked in the search of the deep?...
'Where is the way where light dwelleth, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof?' etc.
Compare with this _Isaiah_ xl. verse 12, etc.