Daily Bible Reading

^38:39"Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
⁴⁰when they crouch in their dens,
or lie in wait in their covert?
⁴¹Who provides for the raven its prey,
when its young ones cry to God,
and wander about for lack of food?

^39:1"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?
²Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
³when they crouch to give birth to their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
⁴Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open;
they go forth, and do not return to them.
⁵"Who has let the wild ass go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
⁶to which I have given the steppe for its home,
the salt land for its dwelling place?
⁷It scorns the tumult of the city;
it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
⁸It ranges the mountains as its pasture,
and it searches after every green thing.
⁹"Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will it spend the night at your crib?
¹⁰Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes,
or will it harrow the valleys after you?
¹¹Will you depend on it because its strength is great,
and will you hand over your labor to it?
¹²Do you have faith in it that it will return,
and bring your grain to your threshing floor?