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That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
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Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?
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She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
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For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.
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When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.
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Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?
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Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?
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He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.
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In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.
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The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.
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Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;