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20 You make darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

21 The lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.

22 When the Sun rises, they retire and lie down in their dens.

23 Then man goes forth to his work, and to his labor, until the evening.

24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom, You have made them all. The Earth is full of Your riches!

25 So great and wide is the sea; in which are innumerable creeping things, both small beasts and great.

26 Thereupon go the ships, and therein plays that Leviathan, whom You have made.

27 All these wait upon You, so that You may give them food in due season.

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