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39:1  “Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats produce offspring? Or can you observe when the deer gives birth?
39:2  Can you number the months that they fulfill, or do you know the time when they bring forth?
39:3  They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they get rid of their labor pains.
39:4  Their young ones are healthy, they grow strong with grain; they go forth and do not return to them.
39:5  “Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bands of the wild donkey,
39:6  whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling?
39:7  He scorns the multitude in the city and does not regard the shouts of the driver.
39:8  The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
39:9  “Will the wild ox be willing to serve you or spend the night by your manger?
39:10  Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
39:11  Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
39:12  Will you trust him to bring home your grain and gather it into your barn?
39:13  “Did you give the beautiful wings to the peacocks? Or wings and feathers to the ostrich,
39:14  who leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,
39:15  and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them?
39:16  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain, without concern,
39:17  because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has He imparted understanding to her.
39:18  When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
39:19  “Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
39:20  Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is awesome.
39:21  He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he goes on to meet the armed men.
39:22  He mocks at fear and is not frightened, nor does he turn back from the sword.
39:23  The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
39:24  He devours the distance with fierceness and rage, and he does not stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
39:25  At the sound of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha’; he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
39:26  “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
39:27  Does the eagle mount up at your command and make her nest on high?
39:28  She dwells and remains on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
39:29  From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes see it from afar.
39:30  Her young ones also suck up blood, and where the slain are, there she is.”