17. For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
18. What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19. Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
20. Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
21. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
22. He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
23. The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
24. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
25. At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26. Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?
27. Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
28. He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
29. From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;