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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 104, Verse 20

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19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
King James Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
American Standard Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
New English Translation
You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.
World English Bible
You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25
[So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26
There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
27
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.
28
[That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.