13. The wings of the ostrich flap away;her plumage is lacking in feathers.
14. When she abandons her eggs on the groundand lets them warm in the sand,
15. She forgets that a foot may crush them,that the wild beasts may trample them;
16. She cruelly disowns her youngand her labor is useless; she has no fear.
17. For God has withheld wisdom from herand given her no share in understanding.
18. Yet when she spreads her wings high,she laughs at a horse and rider.
19. Do you give the horse his strength,and clothe his neck with a mane?
20. Do you make him quiver like a locust,while his thunderous snorting spreads terror?
21. He paws the valley, he rejoices in his strength,and charges into battle.
22. He laughs at fear and cannot be terrified;he does not retreat from the sword.
23. Around him rattles the quiver,flashes the spear and the javelin.