²⁷ These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

²⁵ Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁹ He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

³¹ For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

⁶ Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

¹⁵ The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

¹⁶ Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

²⁴ Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

²⁵ And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

²⁶ If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

²⁷ Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²⁸ If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?