Sermons citing Job 39

^39:3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

^39:4 Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

^39:5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

^39:6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

^39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

^39:8 He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

^39:9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

^39:10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

^39:11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

^39:12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

^39:13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

^39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

^39:15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

^39:16 She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

^39:17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

^39:18 Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

^39:19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

^39:20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

^39:21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

^39:22 He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

^39:23 A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

^39:24 Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

^39:25 At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

^39:26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

^39:27 Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

^39:28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

^39:29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

^39:30 His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”