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Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come.

Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?

Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced [are] -- there [is] he!

Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.