13. “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14. For she leaves her eggs to the earthand lets them be warmed on the ground,
15. forgetting that a foot may crush themand that the wild beast may trample them.
16. She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
17. because God has made her forget wisdomand given her no share in understanding.
18. When she rouses herself to flee,she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19. “Do you give the horse his might?Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20. Do you make him leap like the locust?His majestic snorting is terrifying.
21. He paws in the valley and exults in his strength;he goes out to meet the weapons.
22. He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;he does not turn back from the sword.
23. Upon him rattle the quiver,the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24. With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25. When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’He smells the battle from afar,the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26. “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soarsand spreads his wings toward the south?
27. Is it at your command that the eagle mounts upand makes his nest on high?
28. On the rock he dwells and makes his home,on the rocky crag and stronghold.
29. From there he spies out the prey;his eyes behold it from far away.