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17     For God denied her a share of wisdom,
        and in doling out understanding, He passed her by.
18     Oh and yet, look at her when the time comes to run—
        she spreads her strange wings and laughs at the horse who must be guided by his rider
        although she is an absurd bird who can’t even fly.

19     And oh, of course—now let us speak of the horse!
        Do you give that creature its power?
        Do you adorn its neck with that flowing mane?

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17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.(A)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(B) at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength(C)
    or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?

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