16. She treats her young ones harshly, as if they were not hers; She is not concerned that her labor was in vain,
17. for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of understanding.
18. When she lifts herself to flee she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19. “Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20. Do you cause him to leap like locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying!
21. He paws in the valley and exalting in his strength he charges into the fray.
22. He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not recoil from the sword.
23. On him the quiver rattles; the spear and javelin flash.
24. With quaking and excitement, he swallows up the ground. He cannot stand still when the shofar sounds.
25. At the blast of the shofar, he says, ‘Aha!’ From a distance he smells battle, the shout of the captains and the battle cry.
26. “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, spreading its wings toward the south?
27. Is it by your command that an eagle soars and builds its nest high?
28. It dwells on a cliff and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and stronghold.
29. From there it searches for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
30. Its young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”