1 D o you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth ? do you observe when the hinds are giving birth?

2 C an you number the months that they carry their offspring? Or do you know the time when they are delivered,

3 W hen they bow themselves, bring forth their young ones, cast out their pains?

4 T heir young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth and return not to them.

5 W ho has sent out the wild donkey, giving him his freedom? Or who has loosed the bands of the swift donkey,

6 W hose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

7 H e scorns the tumult of the city and hears not the shoutings of the taskmaster.

8 T he range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

9 W ill the wild ox be willing to serve you, or remain beside your manger?

10 C an you bind the wild ox with a harness to the plow in the furrow? Or will he harrow the furrows for you?

11 W ill you trust him because his strength is great, or to him will you leave your labor?

12 W ill you depend upon him to bring home your seed and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

13 T he wings of the ostrich wave proudly, are they the pinions and plumage of love?

14 T he ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground and warms them in the dust,

15 F orgetting that a foot may crush them or that the wild beast may trample them.

16 S he is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no sense of danger,

17 F or God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has He imparted to her understanding.

18 Y et when she lifts herself up in flight, she can laugh to scorn the horse and his rider.

19 H ave you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane?

20 W as it you who made him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his nostrils is terrible.

21 H e paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons.

22 H e mocks at fear and is not dismayed or terrified; neither does he turn back from the sword.

23 T he quiver rattles upon him, as do the glittering spear and the lance.

24 d evour the ground with fierceness and rage; neither can he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

25 A s often as the trumpet sounds he says, Ha, ha! And he smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 I s it by your wisdom that the hawk soars and stretches her wings toward the south ?

27 D oes the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on high ?

28 O n the cliff he dwells and remains securely, upon the point of the rock and the stronghold.

29 F rom there he spies out the prey; and his eyes see it afar off.

30 H is young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.