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when they
1crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
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Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and
2do not return to them.
5
"Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has
3loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
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to whom I have given
4the arid plain for his home and
5the salt land for his dwelling place?
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He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
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He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
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"Is
6the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your
7manger?
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Can you bind
8him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
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Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
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Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?