5. “Who sent the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the wild ass,
6. to whom I gave the Arabah as its home, the salt land as its dwelling place?
7. It scorns the commotion in the town; it does not hear the taskmaster’s shouts.
8. It explores the mountains as its pasture and searches after every green thing.
9. “Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your manger?
10. Will you bind a wild ox to a furrow with his rope? Will it plow valleys behind you?
11. Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your labor to it?
12. Can you trust it to bring in your seed and gather it to your threshing floor?
13. “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
14. For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the soil,
15. and forgets that a foot may crush them, that a wild beast may trample them.
16. She treats her young ones harshly, as if they were not hers; She is not concerned that her labor was in vain,
17. for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of understanding.
18. When she lifts herself to flee she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19. “Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20. Do you cause him to leap like locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying!