39:1 "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth Do you observe the calving of the does 39:2 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, 39:3 when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young 39:4 Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them. 39:5 "Who has let the wild donkey go free Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, 39:6 to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place 39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver. 39:8 He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. 39:9 "Is the wild ox willing to serve you Will he spend the night at your manger 39:10 Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you 39:11 Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor 39:12 Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor 39:13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love 39:14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, 39:15 forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them. 39:16 She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear, 39:17 because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding. 39:18 When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider. 39:19 "Do you give the horse his might Do you clothe his neck with a mane 39:20 Do you make him leap like the locust His majestic snorting is terrifying. 39:21 He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. 39:22 He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. 39:23 Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin. 39:24 With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. 39:25 When the trumpet sounds, he says 'Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 39:26 "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south 39:27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high 39:28 On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. 39:29 From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away. 39:30 His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he."