Voice of Stern Rebuke
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“Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
The waters stood above the mountains.
At Thy rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys
Unto the place which Thou hast founded for them.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;
That they turn not again to cover the earth.”
Psalm 104:5-9
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It is by the mighty power of the Infinite One that the elements of
nature in earth and sea and sky are kept within bounds. And these ele-
ments He uses for the happiness of His creatures. “His good treasure”
is freely expended “to give the rain ... in his season, and to bless all
the work” of man’s hands.
Deuteronomy 28:12
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“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 habi-
tation,
Which sing among the branches....
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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,
And oil to make his face to shine,
And bread which strengtheneth man’s heart....