The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

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

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

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

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

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

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?

Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;