1"Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Can you watch when the deer have their young?"
2Can you count the months that they complete? Do you know the time when they give birth?
3They bow themselves down, they bring forth their young, and their pains are over.
4Their young ones are strong and well; they grow up in the open field. They go away, and do not come back to them.
5Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the ropes of the wild donkey?
6I have made the wilderness his house, and the salty land his home.
7He laughs at the crowds of the city. He pays no attention to the shouting of the driver.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches for every green thing.
9Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or stay beside your feeding trough?
10Can you tie the unicorn with his rope in the furrow? Will he break up the valleys behind you?
11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Will you leave your work to him?
12Will you believe him, that he will bring home your grain, and gather it into your barn?
13Did you give the fine wings to the peacocks? Or wings and feathers to the ostrich?
14She leaves her eggs in the earth, and lets the dust keep them warm.
15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or that a wild animal may break them.
16She is hard toward her young, as if they were not hers. She does not care that her labour is wasted.
17For God has kept wisdom from her, and has not given her understanding.
18But when she lifts herself up and runs, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19Did you give the horse his strength? Did you clothe his neck with thunder?
20Can you make him leap like a grasshopper? The snorting of his nostrils is terrifying.
21He paws the ground in the valley, and delights in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22He laughs at fear, and is not afraid. He does not turn back from the sword.
23The quiver rattles against him, with the flashing spear and the shield.
24He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage. He cannot be held when the trumpet sounds.
25Among the trumpets he says, "Ha, ha." He smells the battle far away, the thunder of the commanders, and the shouting.
26Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and spread her wings toward the south?
27Does the eagle go up at your command, and make her nest high above?
28She lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock, in a strong place.
29From there she looks for her prey, and her eyes see it far away.
30"Her young ones also drink blood, and where the dead bodies are, there she is."