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¹ "Do you know the time the ^(F1)(C1)mountain goats give birth?
Do you keep watch over the calving of the ^(C2)deer?

² "Can you count the months they fulfill,
Or do you know the time they give birth?

³ "They kneel down; they bring forth their young;
They send out their labor pains.

⁴ "Their children become strong; they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

⁵ "Who sent out the ^(C1)wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

⁶ For whom I have set ^(C1)the desert plain as a home
And the salt land as his dwelling place?

⁷ "He laughs at the tumult of the city;
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

⁸ "He explores the mountains for his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

⁹ "Will the ^(C1)wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?

¹⁰ "Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ^(F1)ropes,
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

¹¹ "Will you trust him because his power is great
And leave your labor to him?

¹² "Will you believe him that he will return your seed of grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

¹³ "The ostriches' wings flap joyously
But are they the pinion and plumage of a ^(F1)stork?

¹⁴ For she leaves her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,

¹⁵ And she forgets that a foot may crush ^(F1)them,
Or that a beast of the field may trample ^(F1)them.

¹⁶ "She treats her children ^(C1)cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be empty, she is without dread,

¹⁷ Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.

¹⁸ "When she raises herself up high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ "Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

²⁰ "Do you make him ^(C1)leap like the locust?
His splendid ^(C2)snorting is terrible.

²¹ "^(F1)He paws in the valley and rejoices in his power;
He ^(C1)goes out to meet the weapons.

²² "He laughs at dread and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.

²³ "The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.

²⁴ "With shaking and rage he ^(F1)races over the ground,
And he does not ^(F2)stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

²⁵ "As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!'
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the commanders and the shout of war.

²⁶ "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?

²⁷ "Is it at your ^(F1)command that the eagle goes on high
And raises ^(C1)his nest high?

²⁸ "On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, a fortress.

²⁹ "From there he ^(F1)(C1)spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.

³⁰ "His young ones also suck up blood;
And ^(C1)where the slain are, there is he."