Proverbs 30:28-31

The Message

        ants—frail as they are,
            get plenty of food in for the winter;
        marmots—vulnerable as they are,
            manage to arrange for rock-solid homes;
        locusts—leaderless insects,
            yet they strip the field like an army regiment;
        lizards—easy enough to catch,
            but they sneak past vigilant palace guards.

        a lion, king of the beasts, deferring to none;
        a rooster, proud and strutting;
        a billy goat;
        a head of state in stately procession.