1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
2Can you count the months they are pregnant?
3They crouch down and bring forth their young;
4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field;
5Who set the wild donkey free?
6I made the wilderness his home
7He scorns the tumult of the city
8He roams the mountains for pasture,
9Will the wild ox consent to serve you?
10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness?
11Can you rely on his great strength?
12Can you trust him to bring in your grain
13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
14For she leaves her eggs on the ground
15She forgets that a foot may crush them,
16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own,
17For God has deprived her of wisdom;
18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings,
19Do you give strength to the horse
20Do you make him leap like a locust,
21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing;
23A quiver rattles at his side,
24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance;
25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor.39:25 Or he snorts, ‘Aha!’
26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
27Does the eagle soar at your command
28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there;
29From there he spies out food;
30His young ones feast on blood;