3. You build your palace high in the heavens. You make the clouds serve as your chariot. You ride on the wings of the wind.
4. You make the winds serve as your messengers. You make flashes of lightning serve you.
5. You placed the earth on its foundations. It can never be moved.
6. You covered it with the oceans like a blanket. The waters covered the mountains.
7. But you commanded the waters, and they ran away. At the sound of your thunder they rushed off.
8. They flowed down the mountains. They went into the valleys. They went to the place you appointed for them.
9. You drew a line they can't cross. They will never cover the earth again.
10. You make springs pour water into the valleys. It flows between the mountains.
11. The springs give water to all of the wild animals. The wild donkeys satisfy their thirst.
12. The birds of the air build nests by the waters. They sing among the branches.
13. You water the mountains from your palace high in the clouds. The earth is filled with the things you have made.
14. You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for people to take care of. That's how they get food from the earth.
15. There is wine to make people glad. There is olive oil to make them healthy. And there is bread to make them strong.
16. The cedar trees of Lebanon belong to the Lord. You planted them and gave them plenty of water.
17. There the birds make their nests. The stork has its home in the pine trees.