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28 They receive what you give them;
    when you open your hand,
        they are filled with good things.
29 When you withdraw your favor,[a]
    they are disappointed;
Take away their breath,
    and[b] they die[c] and return to dust.
30 When you send your spirit,[d] they are[e] created,
    and you replenish the surface of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:29 Lit. you conceal your face
  2. Psalm 104:29 So MT; LXX DSS 11QPsa read then
  3. Psalm 104:29 So MT DSS 11QPsa; LXX reads they will fail
  4. Psalm 104:30 Or breath
  5. Psalm 104:30 So MT; LXX reads they will be; DSS 11QPsa reads then they are