Psalms 8:8

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Psalms 8:6–9 · Berean Standard Bible

6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

7 all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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Psalms 148:10

wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

Genesis 1:20

And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 1:23

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:25

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Job 38:39

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Job 38:40

when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

Job 38:41

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Job 39:1

“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

Job 39:2

Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

Job 39:3

They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

Job 39:4

Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Job 39:5

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Job 39:6

I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

Job 39:7

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Job 39:8

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Job 39:9

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Job 39:10

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:11

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Job 39:12

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Job 39:13

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

Job 39:14

For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

Job 39:15

She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:16

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Job 39:17

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Job 39:18

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Job 39:19

Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Job 39:21

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

Job 39:22

He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23

A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

Job 39:24

Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

Job 39:25

At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Job 39:26

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Job 39:27

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Job 39:28

He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Job 39:29

From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Job 39:30

His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”

Job 40:15

Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

Job 40:16

See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:17

His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

Job 40:18

His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.

Job 40:19

He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

Job 40:20

The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Job 40:21

He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

Job 40:22

The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

Job 40:23

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

Job 40:24

Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?

Job 41:1

“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Job 41:2

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Job 41:3

Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

Job 41:4

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

Job 41:5

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

Job 41:6

Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

Job 41:7

Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

Job 41:8

If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

Job 41:9

Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

Job 41:10

No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

Job 41:11

Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Job 41:12

I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.

Job 41:13

Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

Job 41:14

Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

Job 41:15

His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.

Job 41:16

One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.

Job 41:17

They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

Job 41:18

His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

Job 41:19

Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!

Job 41:20

Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

Job 41:21

His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.

Job 41:22

Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

Job 41:23

The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

Job 41:24

His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

Job 41:25

When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

Job 41:26

The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.

Job 41:27

He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

Job 41:28

No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

Job 41:29

A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

Job 41:30

His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.

Job 41:31

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

Job 41:32

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Job 41:33

Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!

Job 41:34

He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”