1 H ast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

2 T hou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

3 T hey bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.

4 S afe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.

5 W ho hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

6 W hose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

7 H e doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

8 T he range of mountains his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.

9 I s a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

10 D ost thou bind a Reem in a furrow his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

11 D ost thou trust in him because great his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

12 D ost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And thy threshing-floor doth gather ?

13 T he wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

14 F or she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

15 A nd she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

16 H er young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain her labour without fear.

17 F or God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

18 A t the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

19 D ost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck a mane?

20 D ost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting terrible.

21 T hey dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

22 H e laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

23 A gainst him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

24 W ith trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.

25 A mong the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.

26 B y thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

27 A t thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

28 A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.

29 F rom thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

30 A nd his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced -- there he!