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The mountains are its pastureland,
    where it searches for every blade of grass.

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15 The eyes of all look to you in hope;
    you give them their food as they need it.
16 When you open your hand,
    you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

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27 They all depend on you
    to give them food as they need it.
28 When you supply it, they gather it.
    You open your hand to feed them,
    and they are richly satisfied.

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20 The mountains offer it their best food,
    where all the wild animals play.
21 It lies under the lotus plants,[a]
    hidden by the reeds in the marsh.
22 The lotus plants give it shade
    among the willows beside the stream.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:21 Or bramble bushes; also in 40:22.

15 “Take a look at Behemoth,[a]
    which I made, just as I made you.
    It eats grass like an ox.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:15 The identification of Behemoth is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.

29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

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