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[1]DO you know the time when wild goats bring forth in the steep rocks? Or can you watch the calving of hinds?
[2]Can you number the months that they fulfill, and know the time when they bring forth?
[3]And do you know when they kneel and bring forth their young ones?
[4]They bring up their young ones, until they grow up and are weaned.
[5]Who has left the wild ass to be free, and made him to escape the yoke?
[6]For he has made the plain his house, and the salt land his dwelling place.
[7]He scorns the multitude of cities, and is not afraid of the voice of rulers.
[8]The tops of mountains are his pasture, and he treads over every green thing.
[9]Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your crib?
[10]Can you bind the yoke on the neck of the unicorn? Or will he harrow in a rugged place?
[11]Will you have confidence in him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
[12]Do you trust him, that he will winnow your threshing and gather your grain into the barn
[13]The ostrich rouses herself up haughtily; then she comes and makes her nest;
[14]But she leaves her eggs in the earth to be warmed on the ground.
[15]And because she has the feet of a bird, forgets that the wild beast may trample them.
[16]She multiplies her young ones, though they do not stay with her; although her labor is in vain, she has no fear:
[17]God has increased wisdom, but he has not given her a portion of it.
[18]She raises herself high like a palm tree; she laughs at the horse and his rider
[19]Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with armour?
[20]Can you make him move like the locust? Or can you make him afraid?
[21]He paws in the plain, and rejoices in the valley; he goes forth armed to the battle.
[22]He laughs at a pit, and is not frightened; neither does he turn back from the sword.
[23]The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the lance.
[24]He gallops with rage that makes the ground to tremble, nor does he fear the sound of the trumpet.
[25]He makes the sound, Aha, aha; and he smells the battle from afar; he terrifies the officers with his neighing
[26]Is it by your wisdom that the hawk was created and wings his way toward the south?
[27]Does the eagle soar at your command, and make his nest in steep rocks?
[28]He dwells and lodges on the rock, upon the cliff of the precipice.
[29]He is sustained by his prey, his eyes behold afar off.
[30]His young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he
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