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The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
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For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
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She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
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She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
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For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
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Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
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Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
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Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
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He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
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He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
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A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
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Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
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At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
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Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
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Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
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He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
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From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
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His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”