Chapter 39

  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?  

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  Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?  

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  They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.  

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  Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.  

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  Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?  

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  Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.  

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  He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.  

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  The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.  

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  Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?  

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  Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?  

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  Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?  

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  Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?  

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  Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!  

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  Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,  

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  And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.  

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  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;  

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  Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.  

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  When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.  

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  Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?  

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  Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.  

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  He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.  

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  He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.  

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  The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.  

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  He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.  

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  He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.  

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  Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?  

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  Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?  

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  She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.  

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  From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.  

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  Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.  

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