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39:1 icapsnowest thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canst thou marke when the hindes doe calue?  
39:2 Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?  
39:3 They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.  
39:4 Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them.  
39:5 Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse?  
39:6 Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and the barren lande his dwellings. Margin Note
39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the citie, neither regardeth he the crying of the driuer. Margin Note
39:8 The range of the mountaines is his pasture, and hee searcheth after euery greene thing.  
39:9 Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe?  
39:10 Canst thou binde the Unicorne with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleyes after thee?  
39:11 Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? or wilt thou leaue thy labour to him?  
39:12 Wilt thou beleeue him that hee will bring home thy seed? and gather it into thy barne?  
39:13 Gauest thou the goodly wings vnto the peacocks, or wings and feathers vnto the Ostrich? Margin Note
39:14 Which leaueth her egges in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,  
39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde beast may breake them.  
39:16 She is hardened against her yong ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vaine without feare.  
39:17 Because God hath depriued her of wisedome, neither hath he imparted to her vnderstanding.  
39:18 What time she lifteth vp her selfe on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.  
39:19 Hast thou giuen the horse strength? hast thou clothed his necke with thunder?  
39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grashopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. Margin Note
39:21 He paweth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: hee goeth on to meet the armed men. Margin Note
39:22 He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword.  
39:23 The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield.  
39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fiercenesse and rage: neither beleeueth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.  
39:25 Hee saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile afarre off, the thunder of the captaines, and the shouting.  
39:26 Doeth the hawke flie by thy wisedome, and stretch her wings toward the South?  
39:27 Doeth the Eagle mount vp at thy commaund? and make her nest on high? Margin Note
39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and the strong place.  
39:29 From thence she seeketh the pray, and her eyes behold a farre off.  
39:30 Her yong ones also suck vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is he.