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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?
“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
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?
Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?
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 crouch down and bring forth their young;
their labor pains are ended.
their labor pains are ended.
Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
then leave home and never return.
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.
they leave and do not return.
“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
Who untied its ropes?
“Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied its ropes?
Who untied its ropes?
I have placed it in the wilderness;
its home is the wasteland.
its home is the wasteland.
I gave it the wasteland as its home,
the salt flats as its habitat.
the salt flats as its habitat.
It hates the noise of the city
and has no driver to shout at it.
and has no driver to shout at it.
It laughs at the commotion in the town;
it does not hear a driver’s shout.
it does not hear a driver’s shout.
The mountains are its pastureland,
where it searches for every blade of grass.
where it searches for every blade of grass.
It ranges the hills for its pasture
and searches for any green thing.
and searches for any 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?
Will it stay by your manger at night?
Will it stay by your manger at night?
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 hold it to the furrow with a harness?
Will it till the valleys behind you?
Will it till the valleys behind 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 rely on it for its great strength?
Will you leave your heavy work to it?
Will you leave your heavy work to it?
Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
Can you trust it to haul in your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
and bring it to 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 wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.
She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.
letting them be warmed in the dust.
She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,
and lets them warm in the sand,
She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them
or a wild animal might destroy them.
or a wild animal might destroy them.
unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.
that some wild animal 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 harshly, as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.
He has given her no understanding.
for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.
or give her a share of good sense.
But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs at horse and rider.
she laughs at horse and 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 its strength
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
or clothe its neck with a flowing 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 it leap like a locust,
striking terror with its proud snorting?
striking terror with its proud snorting?
It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.
when it charges out to battle.
It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,
and charges into the fray.
and charges into the fray.
It laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.
It does not run from the sword.
It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;
it does not shy away from the sword.
it does not shy away from the sword.
The arrows rattle against it,
and the spear and javelin flash.
and the spear and javelin flash.
The quiver rattles against its side,
along with the flashing spear and lance.
along with the flashing spear and lance.
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.
In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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.
At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’
It catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
It catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar
and spread its wings toward the south?
and spread its wings toward the south?
“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
and spread its wings toward the south?
and spread its 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?
Does the eagle soar at your command
and build its nest on high?
and build its nest on high?
It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
a rocky crag is its stronghold.
a rocky crag is its stronghold.
From there it hunts its prey,
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
From there it looks for food;
its eyes detect it from afar.
its eyes detect it from afar.