1 Have you known the time {et: appointed occasion} when the mountain goats of the rock give birth, or have you observed the labor of the does {ayalot: female deer}?
2 Do you count {tispor: enumerate precisely} the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time of their birthing {ledetana: act of bearing offspring}?
3 They crouch down {tikrana: birthing posture} to give birth to their young; they bear {tefalakhna: bringing forth life} their offspring and release their birth-pangs.
4 Their young {benehem: group of progeny} become strong and increase in the open country {babar: untamed terrain}; they go out and do not return to them.
5 Who has set {shillach: intensely sent away} the wild donkey free, and who has loosed the bonds {moserot: binding restraints} of the wild ass?
6 For him I have made the steppe {aravah: open steppe} his house and the salt land {melecha: barren salt region} his dwelling places.
7 He laughs at the commotion {lahamon: public uproar} of the city; he does not heed the shouts of the driver {nogesh: labor overseer}.
8 It ranges {yetur: roams widely} the mountains for its pasture and seeks after every green thing {kol-yarok: fresh vegetation}.
9 Will the wild ox {reem: large untamable animal} be willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your manger {avus: feeding trough}?
10 Will you bind the wild ox {reim: untamable beast} to the furrow with his rope, or will he harrow the valleys {amakim: low-lying lands} behind you?
11 Will you trust {tivtach: confident reliance} in him because his strength is great, and will you commit your labor {yegia: toil or effort} to him?
12 Will you trust in him that he will return, bring back your seed {zera: offspring or grain}, and gather it to your threshing floor {goren: place of winnowing}?
13 The wings of the ostrich r’nanim {r’nanim: large flightless bird} flap proudly; are its pinion and plumage those of the stork chasidah {chasidah: long-legged wader}?
14 For she abandons{taazov: deliberately withholds care} her eggs on the ground and warms{techamem: generates warmth} them upon the dust.
15 And she forgets that a foot {regel: lower limb} may crush them, and that the animal of the field {sadeh: open land} may trample them.
16 She treats her children harshly as if they were not her own, her labor is in vain {riq: emptiness}, and she is without fear {pachad: dread}.
17 For God {Eloah, Sovereign Withholder} withheld wisdom from her and did not give her a portion in understanding {binah: inner discernment}.
18 At the appointed time, she lifts herself up on high {bammarom: high place} and laughs at the horse and its rider {rochav: mounted one}.
19 Do you give the horse strength {gevurah: mighty power}, or clothe its neck with a mane {raamah: flowing mane}?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust? The majesty {hod: imposing splendor} of its snorting {nachro: powerful nostril blast} is terror.
21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength {koach: Physical Power}; he goes out to meet the weapons {nasheq: Instruments of War}.
22 He laughs at fear {pachad: terror, inner dread} and is not terrified {yechat: passive dismay}, and he does not turn back from the sword.
23 Upon him the quiver {ashpah: arrow case} rattles, the flash {lahav: gleaming point} of the spear and javelin.
24 In tumult and rage it swallows up the land, and it does not believe {yaamin: be persuaded} that it is the sound of the trumpet {shofar: rams horn}.
25 At the blast {bedei: trumpet blast} of the horn he says “Aha!” And from afar he smells battle—the thunder of commanders and the shout {teruah: war signal}.
26 Is it by your understanding that the hawk {nets: Swift Bird of Prey} takes flight and spreads its wings toward the south {teiman: Migratory Region}?
27 Is it at your command {pikhah: spoken authority} that the eagle {nasher: majestic bird} soars high, or that it sets its nest on high?
28 He dwells {yishkon: inhabits regularly} on the cliff and lodges throughout the night upon the rock’s edge {shen: projecting spur} and in the stronghold.
29 From there he searches {chafar: diligent probing} for food; at a distance his eyes {einav: watchful gaze} look.
30 And its young ones {efrochav: young birds} will lap up blood, and where the slain {chalalim: fallen victims} are, there it is.