Job 39

1'Do you know the time when the wild rock goats bear young, And do you mark when the deer gives birth?

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2Do you number the full months of childbearing, And have you relieved their pangs?

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3Have you reared their young without fear, And have you sent away their pangs?

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4Their young ones will break forth; They will be multiplied with offspring; They depart and do not return.

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5Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed his bonds?

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6I made the wilderness his dwelling And the salt lands his house.

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7He scorns the great multitude of the city; He does not heed the blame of the tax collector.

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8He will survey the mountains as his pasture, And he seeks out every green thing.

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9Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?

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10Can you bind his yoke with ropes, Or will he plow furrows for you in the field?

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11Do you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you commit your works to him?

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12Will you trust him to bring home your seed And gather it to your threshing floor?

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13The wings of the falcon wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork's?

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14For the falcon leaves her eggs on the ground And warms them in the dust.

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15She has forgotten that a foot will scatter them, Or that wild animals will trample them.

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16She hardens herself against her young ones As though they were not hers. She labors in vain without concern,

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17Because God deprived her of wisdom And did not endow her with understanding.

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18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.

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19Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with a mane?

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20Have you put on him a suit of armor And made his breast glorious with courage?

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21He paws exultingly in the valley And goes forth with strength into the plain.

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22He mocks at battle when he sees it, Nor does he turn back from the sword.

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23The bow and the sword resound against him, And his rage would destroy the earth.

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24He will not believe until the trumpet sounds,

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25For at the blast of the trumpet he says, 'Good! Well done!' He smells the battle from afar with its leaping and shouting.

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26Does the hawk remain steady by your understanding, And spread its rigid wings looking toward the south?

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27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And the vulture remain sitting over its nest

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28On the crag of a hidden rock?

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29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.

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30Its young ones roll themselves in blood; And where the slain are, immediately they are found.'

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