wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
Parallel translations
- WEB wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;
- KJV Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
- NKJV Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl;
- NASB Animals and all cattle; Crawling things and winged fowl;
- NLT wild animals and all livestock, small scurrying animals and birds,
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Quick answer
Wild animals, livestock, small creatures, and birds are called to praise God. The whole animal kingdom is summoned to worship.
Overview
Every kind of creature—wild and tame, crawling and flying—is called to join the chorus of praise. The diversity of animal life reflects the abundance of the Creator's wisdom. All living things owe their existence and breath to God (Genesis 1:24-25; Acts 17:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Gen 1:20–25And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- Ps 103:22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
- Gen 7:14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- Ezek 17:23I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
- Ps 50:10–11for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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