12 Will you trust him to bring home your¹ grain,
And gather it to your threshing floor? ‡

13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may break them.

16 She ^atreats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;
Her labor is in vain, without¹ concern, ‡