12. Can you count on it to bring in your grain,and gather the grain to your threshing floor?
13. “The wings of the ostrich flap with joy,but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
14. For she leaves her eggs on the ground,and lets them be warmed on the soil.
15. She forgets that a foot might crush them,or that a wild animal might trample them.
16. She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers;she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
17. For God deprived her of wisdom,and did not impart understanding to her.
18. But as soon as she springs up,she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19. “Do you give the horse its strength?Do you clothe its neck with a mane?
20. Do you make it leap like a locust?Its proud neighing is terrifying!
21. It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily,it goes out to meet the weapons.
22. It laughs at fear and is not dismayed;it does not shy away from the sword.
23. On it the quiver rattles;the lance and javelin flash.
24. In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground;it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.