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Psalm 104:11

They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
11They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
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Notice

Wild donkeys quenching their thirst draw attention to God's provision for creatures whose needs can pass unnoticed in a day filled with human concerns.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 145:16You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.Both passages describe God's provision for living creatures, with thirst quenched in Psalm 104 and desire satisfied in Psalm 145.
Job 39:5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,Wild donkeys appear in both passages, drinking from springs in the psalm and described as free in Job.
Psalm 104:13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.Water sustains the animals in verse 11 and waters the mountains in verse 13, showing the reach of God's provision.
Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a …Both passages name wild donkeys, with water to drink in the psalm and a deserted city to inhabit in Isaiah.
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One step

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Find a nearby water source and notice its wildlife

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Encouragement

God's provision reaches beyond the human world you know best. The springs he sends into the valleys meet the thirst of animals living beyond your sight.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).