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39:1  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
39:2  Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
39:3  They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their sorrows.
39:4  Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not again,
39:5  Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
39:6  Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place.
39:7  He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
39:8  The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
39:9  Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? or will he abide by thy crib?
39:10  Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
39:11  Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave to him thy labour?
39:12  Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshingfloor?
39:13  The wing of the ostrich rejoiceth, but are her pinions and feathers kindly?
39:14  For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
39:15  And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.
39:16  She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers: though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;
39:17  Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
39:18  What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
39:19  Hast thou given the horse his might? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
39:20  Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? the glory of his snorting is terrible.
39:21  He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth out to meet the armed men.
39:22  He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth he back from the sword.
39:23  The quiver rattleth against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
39:24  He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
39:25  As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
39:26  Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
39:27  Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
39:28  She dwelleth on the rock, and hath her lodging there, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong hold.
39:29  From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off.
39:30  Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.