| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth? |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger? |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you? |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him? |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned; |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south? |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27"Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high? |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he." |
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