I will praise the LORD!

He knows every bird — photo by David Kitz

I know every bird in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields are mine.
If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

“Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
    fulfill your vows to the Most High,
and call on me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

  (Psalm 50:11-15, NIV)*

* New International Version, Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica