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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,
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forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.
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She 1deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her 2labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
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because God has made her forget wisdom and 3given her no share in understanding.
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When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
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"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
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Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic 4snorting is terrifying.
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He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he 5goes out to meet the weapons.
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He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
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Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.
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With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at 6the sound of the trumpet.
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When the trumpet sounds, he says 'Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?
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Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his 7nest on high?
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On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on 8the rocky crag and stronghold.
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From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away.
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His young ones suck up blood, and 9where the slain are, there is he."