³⁸ and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, ^(A)the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are ^(B)the head of gold.

^21 (A)whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived— ^22 (B)it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. ^(C)Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, ^(D)and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

⁵ “It is I who ^(A)by my great power and my outstretched arm ^(B)have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, ^(C)and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. ^6 (D)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ^(E)my servant, ^(F)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. ^7 (G)All the nations shall serve him and ^(H)his son and ^(I)his grandson, ^(J)until the time of his own land comes. ^(K)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.