John Trapp on Job 38:39

Verſe 39. Wilt thou hunt the prey for the Lion?] Heb. For the old Lion, (as Neh. 2.9.) that cannot hunt for himſelf.Plin. & Ariſtot. ſcribunt, Leones multa ſolida fine diſſectu devorare. Prey he muſt have, as being a very ravenous creature: but wilt thou provide it him? With what great charge do Princes maintain a few Lions? But God maintaineth all, and all other creatures, Pſal. 104.27, 28. and 145.15. putting it into the young Lions, to provide prey for the old; and cauſing theſe creatures to keep for moſt part in the Deſerts, where they feed upon Camels, and ſuch as they can light upon. Ammianus Marcellinus writeth, That in Chaldaea there are an huge number of Lions, which were like enough to devour up both men and beaſts throughout the Country. But withal he ſaith, That by reaſon of the ſtore of water and mud thereof, there breed yeerly an innumerable company of Gnats, whoſe property is to flye into the eye of the Lion, as being a bright and Orient thing, where biting and ſtinging the Lion, he teareth ſo fie[illegible: 1 letter]cely with his clawes, that he puts out his own eyes: and by that means many are drowned in the Rivers, others ſtarve for want of prey, and many the more eaſily killed by the Inhabitants.

Or fill the appetite of the young Lion?] Which is very greedy and inſatiate. Some render it, Catervam, the Troop or company of young Lions. But God in mercy to mankind hath ſo diſpoſed it, that as devouring Creatures are more rare (the Lioneſs ſeldome brings [illegible: 1 letter]orth more then one in all her life) ſo they go not often by troops, but range alone ſeeking their prey.