Job 38:41 - Exposition

Who provideth for the raven his food? (comp. Luke 12:24 , "Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them "). God's mercy is "over all his works," not only over those whereof man sees the utility; but also over beasts of prey, and birds thought to be of ill omen. Especially he cares for the young of each kind, which most need protection. When his young ones cry unto God. So Psalms 147:9 , "He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry." The young ravens are driven to cry out, when they, i.e. the parent birds, wander for lack of meat, and have a difficulty in finding it.