u hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn
not again to cover the earth.

'He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

'They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench
their thirst.

'By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which
sing among the branches ...

'He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the
service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth.

'And wine that maketh glad the heart of man ...

'The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which
he hath planted.

'Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees
are her house.

'The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for
the conies.

'He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

'Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the
forest do creep forth.

'The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

'The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down
in their dens.

'Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening....

'This great and wide sea, wherein are creeping things innumerable,
both small and great beasts....

'He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills,
and they smoke.

'I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to
my God as long as I have my being.'--_Psalm_ 104.

And what a lofty point of view is shewn by the overpowering words
which Job puts into the mouth of Jehovah; 'Where wast thou when I
laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast
understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest, or
who hath stretched the line upon it?

'Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof?

'When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?...

'Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place?

'That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it?...

'Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea, or hast thou walked
in the search of the deep?...

'Declare, if thou knowest it all!...

'Where is the way where light dwelleth, and as for darkness, where is
the place thereof?' etc.

Compare with this _Isaiah_ xl. verse 12, etc.

Metaphors too, though p