(_b_) _Job 37:5, 10_—“_God thundereth ... By the breath of God ice is given_”; _Ps. 104:14_—“_causeth the grass to grow for the cattle_”; _135:6, 7_—“_Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps ... vapors ... lightnings ... wind_”; _Mat. 5:45_—“_maketh his sun to rise ... sendeth rain_”; _Ps. 104:16_—“_The trees of Jehovah are filled_”—are planted and tended by God as carefully as those which come under human cultivation; _cf._ _Mat. 6:30_—“_if God so clothe the grass of the field._” (_c_) _Ps. 104:21, 28_—“_young lions roar ... seek their food from God ... that thou givest them they gather_”; _Mat. 6:26_—“_birds of the heaven ... your heavenly Father feedeth them_”; _10:29_—“_two sparrows ... not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father._” (_d_) _Job 12:23_—“_He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive_”; _Ps. 22:28_—“_the kingdom is Jehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations_”; _66:7_—“_He ruleth by his might for ever; His eyes observe the nations_”; _Acts 17:26_—“_made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation_” (instance Palestine, Greece, England). (_e_) _1 Sam. 16:1_—“_fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons_”; _Ps. 139:16_—“_Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, And in thy book were all my members written_”; _Is. 45:5_—“_I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me_”; _Jer. 1:5_—“_Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ... sanctified thee ... appointed thee_”; _Gal. 1:15, 16_—“_God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles._” (_f_) _Ps. 75:6, 7_—“_neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south cometh lifting up. But God is the judge, He putteth down one, and lifteth up another_”; _Luke 1:52_—“_He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree._” (_g_) _Prov. 16:33_—“_The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah_”; _Mat. 10:30_—“_the very hairs of your head are all numbered._” (_h_) _Ps. 4:8_—“_In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety_”; _5:12_—“_thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield_”; _63:8_—“_Thy right hand upholdeth me_”; _121:3_—“_He that keepeth thee will not slumber_”; _Rom. 8:28_—“_to them that love God all things work together for good._”