Besidethem the birdsof the heavensdwell;They liftup [their] voicesamongthe branches.
He givesto the beastits food,[And] to the youngravenswhichcry.
Beastsand allcattle;Creepingthingsand wingedfowl;
"I knoweverybirdof the mountains,And everythingthat movesin the fieldis Mine.
The birdalsohas founda house,And the swallowa nestfor herself, whereshe may layher young,Even Your altars,O LORDof hosts,My Kingand my God.
"Lookat the birdsof the air,that they do not sow,norreapnorgatherinto barns,and [yet] your heavenlyFatherfeedsthem. Are you not worthmuchmorethan they?
Jesussaidto him, "The foxeshaveholesand the birdsof the air[have] nests,but the Sonof Manhasnowhereto layHis head."
