The trees of the plain shall be full [of sap]; [even] the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted.

There the sparrows shall build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them.

I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is Mine.

Yea, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtledove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] Your altars, O Lord of hosts my King, and my God.

wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds;

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor do they gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?

and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon Him.