² “Can a man be of benefit to God?^(A)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?^(B)

¹⁰ for every animal of the forest^(A) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.^(B)
11 I know every bird^(C) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields^(D) are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world^(E) is mine, and all that is in it.^(F)