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14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
    and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(A)
15     and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
    and bread to strengthen the human heart.(B)
16 The trees of the field[a] are watered abundantly,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has its home in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.(C)
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
    the sun knows its time for setting.(D)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 104.16 Gk: Heb trees of the Lord