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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 whom I have given the steppe for his home, and the 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 the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your crib?
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Can you bind him 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, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?
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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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For she leaves her 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 the wild beast may trample them.