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Job, Chapter 39

¹ Do you observe the calving of the deer?

² “Do you know the time the^amountain goats give birth?
² “Can you count the months they fulfill,
Or do you know the time they give birth?
³ “They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They get rid of their labor pains.
⁴ “Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.
⁵ “Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
⁶ To whom I gave the wilderness for a home
And the salt land for his dwelling place?
⁷ “He scorns the tumult of the city,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
⁸ “He explores the mountains for his pasture
And searches after every green thing.
⁹ “Will the wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?
¹⁰ “Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with^bropes,
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
¹¹ “Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
¹² “Will you have faith in him that he will return your^cgrain
And gather it from your threshing floor?
¹³ “The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of^dlove,
¹⁴ For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,
¹⁵ And she forgets that a foot may crush^ethem,
Or that a wild beast may trample^fthem.
¹⁶ “She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is^gunconcerned;
¹⁷ Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
¹⁸ “When she lifts herself^hon high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.
¹⁹ “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
²⁰ “Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrible.
²¹ “ⁱHe paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons.
²² “He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.
²³ “The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.
²⁴ “With shaking and rage he^jraces over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
²⁵ “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.
²⁶ “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?
²⁷ “Is it at your^kcommand that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high?
²⁸ “On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
²⁹ “From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.
³⁰ “His young ones also suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”

Job 6:5 Job 11:12 Job 24:5 Psa 104:11

Job 24:5 Jer 2:24 Hos 8:9

Num 23:22 Deu 33:17 Psa 22:21 Psa 29:6 Psa 92:10 Isa 34:7


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