⁹ You visit the earth and water it;
    you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
    you provide the people with grain,
    for so you have prepared it.^(A)
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
    and blessing its growth.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
¹² The pastures of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills gird themselves with joy;^(B)
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks;
    the valleys deck themselves with grain;
    they shout and sing together for joy.^(C)

⁷ Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?^(A)
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.^(B)
9 If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.^(C)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and night wraps itself around me,”^[a](D)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is as bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.^(E)