1   Wilt ^note thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,

2   When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?

3   Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes ^note crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?

4   Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the ^note hindes doe calue?

5   Canst thou nomber the moneths that they ^note fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?

6   They bow them selues: they ^note bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.

7   Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.

8   Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?

9   It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the ^note salt places his dwellings.

10   He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.

11   He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.

12   Will the vnicorne ^note serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?

13   Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?

14   Wilt thou trust in him, because his str&ebar;gth is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?

15   Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?

16   Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?

17   Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh ^note them hote in the dust,

18   And forgetteth that the foote might scatter th&ebar;, or that the wild beast might breake th&ebar;.

19   He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed ^note in vaine.

20   For God had depriued him of ^note wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.

21   When ^note time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.

22   Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with ^note neying?

23   Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.

24   He ^note diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.

25   He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,

26   Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

27   He ^note swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.

28   He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smelleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting. Iobs repentance.

29   Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the ^note South?

30   Doeth the egle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?

31   Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.

32   From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.

33   His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.

34   Moreouer þe; Lord spake vnto Iob, & said,

35   Is this to ^note learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.

36   ¶2; Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,

37   Beholde, I am ^note vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.

38   Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.

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