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The LORD’s Challenge Continues
“Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
“Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
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?
Do you know how many months they carry their young?
Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
“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?
They crouch down to give birth to their young
and deliver their offspring.
and deliver their offspring.
“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They get rid of their labor pains.
They get rid of their labor pains.
Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
then leave home and never return.
“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.
“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
Who untied its ropes?
“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,
I have placed it in the wilderness;
its home is the wasteland.
its home is the wasteland.
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?
It hates the noise of the city
and has no driver to shout at it.
and has no driver to shout at it.
“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.
The mountains are its pastureland,
where it searches for every blade of grass.
where it searches for every blade of grass.
“He explores the mountains for his pasture
And searches after every green thing.
And searches after every green thing.
“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed?
Will it spend the night in your stall?
Will it spend the night in your stall?
“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?
Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?
Will it plow a field for you?
Will it plow a field for you?
“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?
Given its strength, can you trust it?
Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
And leave your labor to him?
Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
“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?
“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly,
but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,
With the pinion and plumage of love,
She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.
letting them be warmed in the dust.
For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,
And warms them in the dust,
She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them
or a wild animal might destroy them.
or a wild animal might destroy them.
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.
She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.
“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;
For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.
He has given her no understanding.
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.
But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
“When she lifts herself on high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.
She laughs at the horse and his rider.
“Have you given the horse its strength
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
“Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
“Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrible.
His majestic snorting is terrible.
It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.
when it charges out to battle.
“He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons.
He goes out to meet the weapons.
It laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.
It does not run from the sword.
“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.
The arrows rattle against it,
and the spear and javelin flash.
and the spear and javelin flash.
“The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.
The flashing spear and javelin.
It paws the ground fiercely
and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
“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.
It snorts at the sound of the horn.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
“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.
“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar
and spread its wings toward the south?
and spread its wings toward the south?
“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?
Stretching his wings toward the south?
Is it at your command that the eagle rises
to the heights to make its nest?
to the heights to make its nest?
“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high?
And makes his nest on high?
It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
From there it hunts its prey,
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
“From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.
His eyes see it from afar.