13. The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
14. She abandons her eggs on the groundand lets them be warmed in the sand.
15. She forgets that a foot may crush themor that some wild animal may trample them.
16. She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
17. For God has deprived her of wisdom;He has not endowed her with understanding.
18. When she proudly spreads her wings,she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19. Do you give strength to the horse?Do you adorn his neck with a mane?
20. Do you make him leap like a locust?His proud snorting fills one with terror.
21. He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;He charges into battle.
22. He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;he does not run from the sword.
23. A quiver rattles at his side,along with a flashing spear and a lance.
24. He charges ahead with trembling rage;he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.
25. When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly. He smells the battle from a distance;he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
26. Does the hawk take flight by your understandingand spread its wings to the south?
27. Does the eagle soar at your commandand make its nest on high?