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“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

To whom I gave the wilderness as his home
And the salt land as his dwelling place?

“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.

“He explores the mountains as his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you,
Or remain beside your manger at night?
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“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?
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“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
12 
“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

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