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		Job 39:1 "Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
		Job 39:2 "Can you count the months that they carry offspring, Or do you know the time when they give birth?
		Job 39:3 "They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They cast out their labor pains.
		Job 39:4 "Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.
		Job 39:5 ¶ "Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]? And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],
		Job 39:6 To whom I gave the wilderness as his home And the salt land as his dwelling place?
		Job 39:7 "He scorns the tumult of the city, And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
		Job 39:8 "He explores the mountains as his pasture And searches after every green thing.
		Job 39:9 "Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, Or remain beside your manger at night?
		Job 39:10 "Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow? Or will he plow the valleys for you?
		Job 39:11 "Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?
		Job 39:12 "Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?
		Job 39:13 ¶ "The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously; With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love,
		Job 39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground And warms them in the dust,
		Job 39:15 Forgetting that a foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
		Job 39:16 "She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],
		Job 39:17 For God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.
		Job 39:18 "Yet when she lifts herself on high, [So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.
		Job 39:19 ¶ "Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane?
		Job 39:20 "Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust? The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.
		Job 39:21 "He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons [of armed men].
		Job 39:22 "He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.
		Job 39:23 "The quiver rattles against him, [As do] the flashing spear and the lance [of his rider].
		Job 39:24 "With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground, And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.
		Job 39:25 "As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he smells the battle from far away, And senses the thunder of the captains and the war cry.
		Job 39:26 ¶ "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?
		Job 39:27 "Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]?
		Job 39:28 "On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely], Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.
		Job 39:29 "From there he spies out the prey; His eyes see it from far away.
		Job 39:30 "His young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he."

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