1Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Can you observe the calving of deer? 2Can you number the months [that] they fulfill? Or do you know the time for their bearing, 3[when] they bow down [and] bring forth; they send out their pangs. 4Their young ones are strong, they multiply with grain; they go forth and do not return to them again. 5Who has sent out the wild ass free? Or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass, 6to whom I have assigned the wilderness [for] its home, and the salt land [for] its dwellings? 7He scorns the turmoil of the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts. 8He seeks out mountains [for] his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. 9Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or spend the night by your feed-trough? 10Can you tie the wild ox [in] the furrow [with] his rope? Or will he harrow the valleys for you? 11Will you trust him because his strength [is] great? Or will you leave your labor to him? 12Will you trust him, that he will return your seed and gather [it to] your grain-floor? 13The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not [like] the stork's pinions [for] flight. 14For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them warm in the dust, 15and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may break them. 16She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor [is] vanity without fear; 17because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding. 18At the time she lifts herself up on high, she scorns the horse and its rider. 19Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck [with] a mane? 20Can you make him leap like a locust? The glory of his snorting [is] terrifying. 21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in [his] strength; he goes on to meet the weapons. 22He mocks at fear, and is not terrified; and he does not turn back from the sword. 23The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24He swallows the ground with quivering and rage; and he does not stand still at the sound of the trumpet. 25When the trumpet [sounds], he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26Does the hawk soar by your understanding? Will he spread his wings toward the south? 27Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on high? 28He lives and stays [on the] rock, on the crag of the rock and [the] strong place. 29From there he seeks food, and his eyes see afar off. 30And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead [are], there he [is].