¹¹ I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.

²⁶ See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

²¹ And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

²² And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

²⁴ Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

²⁹ Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

³⁰ But the hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹ Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

¹⁵ Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:

¹⁶ Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste.

⁹ All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.

⁹ He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

¹² The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

²⁶ The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

²⁷ Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

²⁸ When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

²⁹ Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

³⁰ Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

¹³ Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

¹⁴ Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

¹⁵ Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

¹⁶ Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

¹⁷ That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

¹⁸ Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?