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forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.
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She
1deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her
2labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
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because God has made her forget wisdom and
3given her no share in understanding.
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When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
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"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
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Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic
4snorting is terrifying.
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He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he
5goes out to meet the weapons.
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He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
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Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.
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With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at
6the sound of the trumpet.
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When the trumpet sounds, he says 'Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.