Job 6:5
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
BSB
ASV
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
KJV
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Neither wild animals, as the wild ass, nor tame, as the ox, are dissatisfied when well-supplied with food. The braying of the one and the lowing of the other prove distress and want of palatable food. So, Job argues, if he complains, it is not without cause; namely, his pains, which are, as it were, disgusting food, which God feeds him with (end of Job 6:7).
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Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
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O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
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Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
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He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.