The world is in darkness like the dead. Every lion cometh forth from his den; all serpents sting. Darkness reigns.
When Thou risest in the horizon ... the darkness is banished.... Then in all the world they do their work.
All trees and plants flourish, ... the birds flutter in their marshes.... All sheep dance upon their feet.
The ships sail up-stream and down-stream alike.... The fish in the river leap up before Thee; and Thy rays are in the midst of the great sea.
How manifold are all Thy works!... Thou didst create the earth according to Thy desire,—men, all cattle, ... all that are upon the earth....
Thou hast set a Nile in heaven that it may fall for them, making floods upon the mountains ... and watering their fields. The Nile in heaven is for the service of the strangers, and for the cattle of every land.
Thou makest the seasons.... Thou hast made the distant heaven in order to rise therein, ... dawning, shining afar off, and returning.
The world is in Thy hand, even as Thou hast made them. When thou hast risen they live; when Thou settest they die.... By Thee man liveth.
Psalm civ.
Thou makest the darkness and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey; they seek their meat from God.