Sirach 16:28-30

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁸They do not crowd one another,
    and they never disobey his word.
²⁹Then the Lord looked upon the earth,
    and filled it with his good things.
³⁰With all kinds of living beings he covered its surface,
    and into it they must return.

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