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“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the does?
Do you observe the calving of the does?
God Speaks of His Creation
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
when they crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
and are delivered of their young?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and do not return to them.
they go out and do not return to them.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
“Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
to whom I have given the arid plain for his home
and the salt land for his dwelling place?
and the salt land for his dwelling place?
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
and he searches after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
“Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your manger?
Will he spend the night at your manger?
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes,
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
and will you leave to him your labor?
and will you leave to him your labor?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
and gather it to your threshing floor?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.
and that the wild beast may trample them.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
because God has made her forget wisdom
and given her no share in understanding.
and given her no share in understanding.
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
“Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
he does not turn back from the sword.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
and spreads his wings toward the south?
and spreads his wings toward the south?
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his nest on high?
and makes his nest on high?
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on the rocky crag and stronghold.
on the rocky crag and stronghold.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
From there he spies out the prey;
his eyes behold it from far away.
his eyes behold it from far away.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.