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The LORD Speaks of His Creation

Verse1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

Verse2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

Verse3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

Verse4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Verse5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Verse6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

Verse7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Verse8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Verse9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Verse10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Verse11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Verse12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Verse13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

Verse14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

Verse15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

Verse16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Verse17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Verse18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Verse19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

Verse20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Verse21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

Verse22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

Verse23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

Verse24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

Verse25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Verse26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Verse27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Verse28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Verse29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Verse30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”