⁷ “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,^(A)
    or the birds in the sky,^(B) and they will tell you;^(C)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.
⁹ Which of all these does not know^(D)
    that the hand of the Lord has done this?^(E)
10 In his hand is the life^(F) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.^(G)
11 Does not the ear test words
    as the tongue tastes food?^(H)

⁴ The Lord works out everything to its proper end^(A)—
    even the wicked for a day of disaster.^(B)