8. They flowed over the mountains,streaming down the valleysto the place you established for them.
9. You set a boundary they cannot crossso they’ll never again cover the earth.
10. You put gushing springs into dry riverbeds.They flow between the mountains,
11. providing water for every wild animal—the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12. Overhead, the birds in the sky make their home,chirping loudly in the trees.
13. From your lofty house, you water the mountains.The earth is filled full by the fruit of what you’ve done.
14. You make grass grow for cattle;you make plants for human farmingin order to get food from the ground,
15. and wine, which cheers people’s hearts,along with oil, which makes the face shine,and bread, which sustains the human heart.
16. The Lord’s trees are well watered—the cedars of Lebanon, which God planted,
17. where the birds make their nests,where the stork has a home in the cypresses.
18. The high mountains belong to the mountain goats;the ridges are the refuge of badgers.
19. God made the moon for the seasons,and the sun too, which knows when to set.
20. You bring on the darkness and it is night,when every forest animal prowls.
21. The young lions roar for their prey,seeking their food from God.
22. When the sun rises, they gather togetherand lie down in their dens.