3. They bow themselves, they bear their young.They end their labour pains.
4. Their young ones become strong.They grow up in the open field.They go out, and don’t return again.
5. “Who has set the wild donkey free?Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6. Whose home I have made the wilderness,and the salt land his dwelling place?
7. He scorns the tumult of the city,neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
8. The range of the mountains is his pasture,He searches after every green thing.
9. “Will the wild ox be content to serve you?Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10. Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness?Or will he till the valleys after you?
11. Will you trust him, because his strength is great?Or will you leave to him your labour?
12. Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed,and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13. “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
14. For she leaves her eggs on the earth,warms them in the dust,
15. and forgets that the foot may crush them,or that the wild animal may trample them.
16. She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers.Though her labour is in vain, she is without fear,