The LORD Speaks of His Creation
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Psa 29:91Sa 24:2Psa 104:18Deu 14:5Jer 14:5
Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Jer 2:24
Do you know the time they give birth?
They crouch down and bring forth their young;
they deliver their newborn.
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field;
they leave and do not return.
Who set the wild donkey free? Job 11:12Job 24:5Job 6:5Psa 104:11Dan 5:21Gen 16:12Gen 49:14Hos 8:9
Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
I made the wilderness his home Psa 107:34Deu 29:23Jer 17:6Jer 2:24Job 24:5Ezk 47:11Hos 8:9
and the salt flats his dwelling.
He scorns the tumult of the city Exo 5:18Job 3:18Exo 5:13-16Isa 31:4Isa 58:3Job 39:18
and never hears the shouts of a driver.
He roams the mountains for pasture, Psa 104:27-28Psa 145:15-16Gen 1:29-30Job 40:15Job 40:20-22
searching for any green thing.
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Num 23:22Deu 33:17Psa 92:10Psa 22:21Isa 1:3
Will he stay by your manger at night?
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Hos 10:10-11Job 1:14Job 39:5Job 39:7Job 41:5Mic 1:13Psa 129:3
Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Can you rely on his great strength? Gen 1:26Gen 1:28Gen 42:26Gen 9:2Isa 30:16Isa 30:6Isa 31:1-3Pro 14:4
Will you leave your hard work to him?
Can you trust him to bring in your grain Amo 2:13Hag 2:19Mat 13:30Mat 3:2Neh 13:15Pro 3:16
and gather it to your threshing floor?
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, Jer 8:7Zec 5:91Ki 10:222Ch 9:21Job 30:29Lev 11:19Psa 104:17
but cannot match the pinions 1and feathers of the stork.
For she leaves her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand.
She forgets that a foot may crush them,
or a wild animal may trample them.
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, Lam 4:31Ki 3:26-272Ki 6:28-29Deu 28:56-57Ecc 10:15Hab 2:13Lam 2:20Rom 1:31
with no concern that her labor was in vain.
For God has deprived her of wisdom; Job 35:112Ch 32:31Deu 2:30Isa 19:11-14Isa 57:17Jas 1:17Job 17:4
He has not endowed her with understanding.
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, 2Ki 19:21Job 39:22Job 39:7Job 41:29Job 5:22
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Do you give strength to the horse Psa 104:1Psa 147:10Psa 93:1Exo 15:1Job 39:25Mrk 3:17
or adorn his neck with a mane?
Do you make him leap like a locust, Jer 8:16Job 41:20-21Jol 2:5
striking terror with his proud snorting?
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; Jer 8:61Sa 17:4-101Sa 17:42Jdg 5:22Jer 9:23Pro 21:31Psa 19:5
he charges into battle.
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; Job 39:16Job 39:18Job 41:33
he does not turn back from the sword.
A quiver rattles at his side, Job 41:26-29
along with a flashing spear and lance. 2
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; Amo 3:6Jer 4:19Job 29:24Job 37:20Job 9:16Luk 24:41Hab 1:8-9
he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. 3 Ezk 26:2Ezk 36:2Psa 70:3
He catches the scent of battle from afar—
the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding Deu 14:15Jer 8:7Lev 16:11Sng 2:12
and spread his wings toward the south?
Does the eagle soar at your command Jer 49:16Oba 1:4Exo 19:4Hos 8:1Isa 40:31Lev 11:13Pro 23:5Psa 103:5
and make his nest on high?
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; 1Sa 14:4
his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
From there he spies out food; Job 9:26
his eyes see it from afar.
His young ones feast on blood; Mat 24:28Luk 17:37Ezk 39:17-19
and where the slain are, there he is.”