Leeser(i)
39 Dost thou hunt for the lioness her prey? and suppliest thou the food for the young lions,
40 When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?
39 1 Knowest thou the time when the chamois of the rock bring forth? or markest thou when the hinds do calve?
2 Numberest thou the months of gestation which they complete and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 They bend themselves: they drop their young ones; throw off their pains.
4 Their little ones become strong; they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who sent out the wild ass free? or who loosened the bonds of the forest-ass?
6 To whom I assigned the wilderness as his house, and the salty land as his dwellings.
7 He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not.
8 What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search.
9 Will the forest-ox be willing to serve thee, or will he stay over night at thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the forest-ox with a rope to labor in the furrow? or will he harrow valleys, following after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
12 Wilt thou confide in him, that he should bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?—