1. "Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
2. "Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?
3. "They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
4. "Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.
5. "Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
6. To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?
7. "He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
8. "He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.