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Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark! |
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Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth! |
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They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth. |
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Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them. |
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Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened? |
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Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land, |
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He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. |
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The range of mountains `is' his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh. |
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Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib? |
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Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow `with' his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee? |
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Dost thou trust in him because great `is' his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour? |
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Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And `to' thy threshing-floor doth gather `it'? |
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The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk. |
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For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them, |
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And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down. |
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Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain `is' her labour without fear. |
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For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding: |
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At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider. |
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Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck `with' a mane? |
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Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting `is' terrible. |
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They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour. |
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He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword. |
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Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert. |
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With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet. |
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Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting. |
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By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south? |
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At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest? |
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A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress. |
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From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively, |
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And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced `are' -- there `is' he! |