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"Who has let the wild ass go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
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to which I have given the steppe for its home, the salt land for its dwelling place?
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It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
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It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing.
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"Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your crib?
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Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes, or will it harrow the valleys after you?
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Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?
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Do you have faith in it that it will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?
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"The ostrich's wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage.
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For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
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forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may trample them.