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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.