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You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains.
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At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
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They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them.
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You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.
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He sends the springs into the valleys, They flow among the hills.
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They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches.
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He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
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He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,
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And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man's heart.
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The trees of the Lord are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,