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39 : 1 Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
39 : 2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
39 : 3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
39 : 4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
39 : 5 Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied his ropes?
39 : 6 I gave him the wasteland as his home, the salt flats as his habitat.
39 : 7 He laughs at the commotion in the town; he does not hear a driver`s shout.
39 : 8 He ranges the hills for his pasture and searches for any green thing.
39 : 9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
39 : 10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he till the valleys behind you?
39 : 11 Will you rely on him for his great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to him?
39 : 12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
39 : 13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
39 : 14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
39 : 15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
39 : 16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
39 : 17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
39 : 18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
39 : 19 Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
39 : 20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
39 : 21 He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray.
39 : 22 He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword.
39 : 23 The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
39 : 24 In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
39 : 25 At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, `Aha!` He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
39 : 26 Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread his wings toward the south?
39 : 27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build his nest on high?
39 : 28 He dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is his stronghold.
39 : 29 From there he seeks out his food; his eyes detect it from afar.
39 : 30 His young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there is he."