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Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
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Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
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Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?
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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork's?
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For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;
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She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.
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She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,
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Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.
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When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.
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"Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
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Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.