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39:1  “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving doe?
39:2  Do you count the months they fulfill and do you know the time when they give birth
39:3  when they kneel, bring forth their young, and their labor pains end?
39:4  Their young thrive and grow strong in the open field; They leaveand never return to them.
39:5  “Who sent the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the wild ass,
39:6  to whom I gave the Arabah as its home, the salt land as its dwelling place?
39:7  It scorns the commotion in the town; it does not hear the taskmaster’s shouts.
39:8  It explores the mountains as its pasture and searches after every green thing.
39:9  “Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your manger?
39:10  Will you bind a wild ox to a furrow with his rope? Will it plow valleys behind you?
39:11  Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your labor to it?
39:12  Can you trust it to bring in your seed and gather it to your threshing floor?
39:13  “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
39:14  For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the soil,
39:15  and forgets that a foot may crush them, that a wild beast may trample them.
39:16  She treats her young ones harshly, as if they were not hers; She is not concerned that her labor was in vain,
39:17  for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of understanding.
39:18  When she lifts herself to flee she laughs at the horse and its rider.
39:19  “Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
39:20  Do you cause him to leap like locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying!
39:21  He paws in the valley and exalting in his strength he charges into the fray.
39:22  He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not recoil from the sword.
39:23  On him the quiver rattles; the spear and javelin flash.
39:24  With quaking and excitement, he swallows up the ground. He cannot stand still when the shofar sounds.
39:25  At the blast of the shofar, he says, ‘Aha!’ From a distance he smells battle, the shout of the captains and the battle cry.
39:26  “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, spreading its wings toward the south?
39:27  Is it by your command that an eagle soars and builds its nest high?
39:28  It dwells on a cliff and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and stronghold.
39:29  From there it searches for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
39:30  Its young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”