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God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings
“Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?
“Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?
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 count the months they fulfill,
Or do you know the time they give birth?
Or do you know the time they give birth?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They get rid of their labor pains.
They get rid of their labor pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
“Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.
They leave 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 sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
And who 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 gave the wilderness for a 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,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
“He explores the mountains for his pasture
And searches after every green thing.
And searches after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
“Will the wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?
Or will he spend the night at your manger?
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
“Can you bind the wild ox in a 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 trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
And leave your labor to him?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?
And gather it from your threshing floor?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,
With the pinion and plumage of love,
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,
And warms them in the dust,
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
And she forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may trample them.
Or that a wild beast may trample them.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;
Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;
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 has not given her a share of understanding.
And has not given her a share of understanding.
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
“When she lifts herself on high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.
She laughs at the horse and his rider.
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 terrible.
His majestic snorting is terrible.
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
“He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons.
He goes out to meet the weapons.
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;
And he does not turn back from the sword.
And he does not turn back from the sword.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
“The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.
The flashing spear and javelin.
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
“With shaking and rage he races over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
“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.
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.
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,
Stretching his wings toward the south?
Stretching 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 cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
“From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.
His eyes see it from afar.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.