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On Wild Animals

“Who sets the wild donkey free?
    Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey
to whom I’ve given the Arabah[a] for a home;
    the salt plain for his dwelling place?
He despises city noises;[b]
    he ignores the shouts[c] of the driver.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:6 I.e. the desert wilderness of southern Israel
  2. Job 39:7 Or sound
  3. Job 39:7 Or noise

“Who let the wild donkey(A) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland(B) as its home,
    the salt flats(C) as its habitat.(D)
It laughs(E) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(F)

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