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12 The birds of the sky live beside them;
they chirp among the bushes.[a]
13 He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace;[b]
the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.[c]
14 He provides grass[d] for the cattle,
and crops for people to cultivate,[e]
so they can produce food from the ground,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:12 tn Heb “among the thick foliage they give a sound.”
  2. Psalm 104:13 tn Heb “from his upper rooms.”
  3. Psalm 104:13 tn Heb “from the fruit of your works the earth is full.” The translation assumes that “fruit” is literal here. If “fruit” is understood more abstractly as “product; result,” then one could translate, “the earth flourishes as a result of your deeds” (cf. NIV, NRSV, REB).
  4. Psalm 104:14 tn Heb “causes the grass to sprout up.”
  5. Psalm 104:14 tn Heb “for the service of man” (see Gen 2:5).
  6. Psalm 104:14 tn Heb “to cause food to come out from the earth.”

12 The birds of the sky(A) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.(B)
13 He waters the mountains(C) from his upper chambers;(D)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(E)
14 He makes grass grow(F) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(G) from the earth:

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