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39:1  "Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
39:2  Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
39:3  They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.
39:4  Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return.
39:5  "Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes?
39:6  I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland.
39:7  It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it.
39:8  The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass.
39:9  "Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?
39:10  Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?
39:11  Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
39:12  Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor?
39:13  "The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
39:14  She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.
39:15  She doesn't worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.
39:16  She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn't care if they die.
39:17  For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding.
39:18  But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
39:19  "Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
39:20  Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
39:21  It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle.
39:22  It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword.
39:23  The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash.
39:24  It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram's horn blows.
39:25  It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain's commands and the noise of battle.
39:26  "Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south?
39:27  Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?
39:28  It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
39:29  From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes.
39:30  Its young gulp down blood. Where there's a carcass, there you'll find it."