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Ps 104:11 King James They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They give drink to every beast of the field - All are thus kept alive. The wild beasts that roam at large, find water thus provided for them.

The wild donkeys quench their thirst - Margin, as in Hebrew, "break." The meaning is, that the most wild and ungovernable of beasts - those which are farthest from the habits of domesticated animals, and the most independent of any aid derived from man, find abundance everywhere. On the word rendered "wild asses," and on the habits of the animals here referred to, see the notes at Job 11:12.
 
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12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.