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39:1  Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
39:2  Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
39:3  They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
39:4  Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
39:5  Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
39:6  Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
39:7  He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
39:8  The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
39:9  Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
39:10  Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
39:11  Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
39:12  Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
39:13  The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
39:14  For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
39:15  And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
39:16  Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
39:17  For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
39:18  At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
39:19  Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
39:20  Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
39:21  They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
39:22  He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
39:23  Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
39:24  With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
39:25  Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
39:26  By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
39:27  At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
39:28  A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
39:29  From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
39:30  And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced [are] -- there [is] he!