39:1  "Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?

39:2  "Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?

39:3  "They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.

39:4  "Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;They leave and do not return to them.

39:5   "Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

39:6  To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

39:7  "He scorns the tumult of the city,The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

39:8  "He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

39:9  "Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

39:10  "Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

39:11  "Will you trust him because his strength increases And leave your labor to him?

39:12  "Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?

39:13   "The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

39:14   For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,

39:15  And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.

39:16   "She treats her young cruelly, as if they did not belong to her;

39:17  Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

39:18  "When she lifts herself on high, 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 seems terrible.

39:21  "He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons.

39:22  "He laughs at fear and does not feel dismay; And he does not turn back from the sword.

39:23  "The quiver rattles against him,The flashing spear and javelin.

39:24  "With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

39:25  "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.

39:26  "Do you have understanding about how the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south?

39:27  " Does it come about at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?

39:28  "On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

39:29  "From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.

39:30  "His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain have fallen, there he dwells."