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39:1  “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the deer gives birth to her fawn?
39:2  Do you count the months until they give birth? Do you know when the time is right for them to give birth?
39:3  They lie down, and their young are born. Then the pain of giving birth is over.
39:4  Their young ones grow and become strong in the wild country. Then they leave their homes and do not come back.
39:5  “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied his ropes?
39:6  I am the one who gave the donkey the desert as his home. I gave him the desert lands as a place to live.
39:7  The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city. He does not hear the drivers shout.
39:8  He roams the hills looking for pasture. And he looks for anything green to eat.
39:9  “Will the wild ox agree to serve you? Will he stay by your feeding box at night?
39:10  Can you hold him to the plowed row with a harness? Will he plow the valleys for you?
39:11  Will you depend on the wild ox for his great strength? Will you leave your heavy work for him to do?
39:12  Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain? Will he gather it to your threshing floor?
39:13  “The wings of the ostrich flap happily. But the ostrich’s wings are not as beautiful as the feathers of the stork.
39:14  The ostrich lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
39:15  She does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them. She does not care that some animal might walk on them.
39:16  The ostrich is cruel to her young, as if they were not even hers. She does not care that her work is for nothing.
39:17  This is because God did not give the ostrich wisdom. God did not give her a share of good sense.
39:18  But when the ostrich gets up to run, she is so fast that she laughs at the horse and its rider.
39:19  “Job, are you the one who gives the horse his strength? Or do you put a flowing mane on his neck?
39:20  Do you make the horse jump like a locust? He scares people with his proud snorting.
39:21  He paws wildly, enjoying his strength. And he charges into the battle.
39:22  He laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing. He will not run away from the sword.
39:23  The bag of arrows rattles against the horse’s side. It is there with the flashing spears.
39:24  With great excitement, the horse races over the ground. He cannot stand still when he hears the trumpet.
39:25  When the trumpet blows, the horse snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from far away. He hears the thunder of commanders and the shouts of battle.
39:26  “Is it through your wisdom that the hawk flies? Is this why he spreads his wings toward the south?
39:27  Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly and build his nest so high?
39:28  The eagle lives on a high cliff and stays there at night. The rocky peak is his protected place.
39:29  From there he looks for his food. His eyes can see it from far away.
39:30  His young eat blood. And where there is something dead, the eagle is there.”