“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(A)
    or the birds in the sky,(B) and they will tell you;(C)

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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

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or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.

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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

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The animals take cover;(A)
    they remain in their dens.(B)

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Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

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20 The hills bring it their produce,(A)
    and all the wild animals play(B) nearby.(C)

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20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

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The voice of the Lord twists the oaks[a](A)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 29:9 Or Lord makes the deer give birth

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

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20 You bring darkness,(A) it becomes night,(B)
    and all the beasts of the forest(C) prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey(D)
    and seek their food from God.(E)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.(F)
23 Then people go out to their work,(G)
    to their labor until evening.(H)

24 How many are your works,(I) Lord!
    In wisdom you made(J) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.(K)
25 There is the sea,(L) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.(M)

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20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

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.

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