39:1 “Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

39:2 Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth?

39:3 They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.

39:4 Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.

39:5 Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

39:6 to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

39:7 It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

39:8 It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

39:9 Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

39:10 Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

39:11 Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?

39:12 Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor?

39:13 “The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.

39:15 She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.

39:16 She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

39:17 For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.

39:18 But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

39:19 “Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

39:20 Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!