"I knoweverybirdof the mountains,And everythingthat movesin the fieldis Mine.
"Whopreparesfor the ravenits nourishmentWhenits youngcryto GodAnd wanderabout withoutfood?
Besidethem the birdsof the heavensdwell;They liftup [their] voicesamongthe branches.
He givesto the beastits food,[And] to the youngravenswhichcry.
Allyou beastsof the field,Allyou beastsin the forest,Cometo eat.
"Lookat the birdsof the air,that they do not sow,norreapnorgatherinto barns,and [yet] your heavenlyFatherfeedsthem. Are you not worthmuchmorethan they?
"Considerthe ravens,for they neithersownorreap;they have nostoreroomnorbarn,and [yet] Godfeedsthem; how muchmorevaluableyou are than the birds!