1 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
2 Can you count the months they are pregnant
3 They kneel down to give birth and deliver their young.
4 Their young are healthy and grow up in the wild.
5 “Who lets the wild donkey go free?
6 I gave it the desert to live in
7 It laughs at the noise of the city
8 It explores the mountains for its pasture
9 “Will the wild ox agree to serve you,
10 Can you guide a wild ox in a furrow,
11 Can you trust it just because it’s so strong
12 Can you rely on it to bring your grain back
13 “Does the ostrich flap its wings in joy,
14 It lays its eggs on the ground
15 It forgets that a foot may crush them
16 It acts harshly toward its young as if they weren’t its own.
17 because God has deprived it of wisdom
18 It laughs at the horse and its rider when it gets up to flee.
19 “Can you give strength to a horse
20 Can you make it leap like a locust,
21 It paws in strength and finds joy in its power.
22 It laughs at fear,
23 A quiver of arrows rattles on it
24 Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground
25 As often as the horn sounds, the horse says, ‘Aha!’
26 “Does your understanding make a bird of prey fly
27 Is it by your order that the eagle flies high
28 It perches for the night on a cliff.
29 From there it seeks food,
30 Its young ones feed on blood. It is found wherever there are dead bodies.”