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Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?
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To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.
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He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
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He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.
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Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?
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Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
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Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?
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Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?
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Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
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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?