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39:1  Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor?
39:2  Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth?
39:3  They crouch down to give birth to their young; they deliver their newborn.
39:4  Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return.
39:5  Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
39:6  I made the desert its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling.
39:7  It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver.
39:8  It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green.
39:9  Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
39:10  Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you?
39:11  Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?
39:12  Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
39:13  The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
39:14  She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand.
39:15  She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them.
39:16  She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
39:17  For God has deprived her of wisdom; he has not endowed her with understanding.
39:18  When she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
39:19  Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane?
39:20  Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror.
39:21  He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
39:22  He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run from the sword.
39:23  A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and a javelin.
39:24  He charges ahead with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.
39:25  When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly. He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
39:26  Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread its wings to the south?
39:27  Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest on high?
39:28  It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
39:29  From there it searches for prey; its eyes penetrate the distance.
39:30  Its brood gulps down blood, and where the slain are, it is there.