Job 39
1 Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth calues?
Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
2 Hast thou noumbrid the monethis of her conseyuyng, and hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng?
Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
3 Tho ben bowid to the calf, and caluen; and senden out roryngis.
They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
4 Her calues ben departid, and goen to pasture; tho goen out, and turnen not ayen to `tho hyndis.
Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.
5 Who let go the wielde asse fre, and who loside the boondis of hym?
Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?
6 To whom Y haue youe an hows in wildirnesse, and the tabernacles of hym in the lond of saltnesse.
It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
7 He dispisith the multitude of citee; he herith not the cry of an axere.
He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.
8 He lokith aboute the hillis of his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis.
He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
9 Whether an vnycorn schal wilne serue thee, ethir schal dwelle at thi cratche?
Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?
10 Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ere, ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis aftir thee?
Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?
11 Whether thou schalt haue trist in his grete strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueils?
Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?
12 Whether thou schalt bileue to hym, that he schal yelde seed to thee, and schal gadere togidere thi cornfloor?
Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
13 The fethere of an ostriche is lijk the fetheris of a gerfawcun, and of an hauk;
Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?
14 which ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the dust.
Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
15 He foryetith, that a foot tredith tho, ethir that a beeste of the feeld al tobrekith tho.
And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.
16 He is maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei ben not hise; he traueilide in veyn, while no drede constreynede.
He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
17 For God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `yaf not vnderstondyng to hym.
For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.
18 Whanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hiy; he scorneth the hors, and his ridere.
When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
19 Whether thou schalt yyue strengthe to an hors, ether schal yyue neiyng `aboute his necke?
Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?
20 Whether thou schalt reyse hym as locustis? The glorie of hise nosethirlis is drede.
Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.
21 He diggith erthe with the foot, he `fulli ioieth booldli; he goith ayens armed men.
He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.
22 He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he yyueth not stide to swerd.
He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,
23 An arowe caas schal sowne on hym; a spere and scheeld schal florische.
Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
24 He is hoot, and gnastith, and swolewith the erthe; and he arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sowneth.
He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
25 Whanne he herith a clarioun, he `seith, Joie! he smellith batel afer; the excityng of duykis, and the yellyng of the oost.
He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smellleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.
26 Whether an hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom?
Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
27 Whether an egle schal be reisid at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hiy places?
Doeth the eagle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?
28 He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche `me may not neiye.
Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
29 Fro thennus he biholdith mete, and hise iyen loken fro fer.
From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
30 Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere a careyn is, anoon he is present.
His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.
