26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
    and spread its wings toward the south?(A)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
    and build its nest on high?(B)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
    a rocky crag(C) is its stronghold.

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26 Serait-ce grâce ╵à ton intelligence ╵que l’épervier prend son essor
et qu’il déploie ses ailes ╵en direction du sud[a] ?
27 Serait-ce à ton commandement ╵que l’aigle monte dans les airs
et qu’il bâtit son nid ╵sur les sommets ?
28 Il fait du rocher sa demeure ╵et y passe la nuit,
il établit sa forteresse ╵sur une dent rocheuse.

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Footnotes

  1. 39.26 L’épervier migrateur s’arrête dans cette région au cours de son vol vers le sud au début de l’hiver.

26 “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
And spread its wings toward the south?
27 Does the (A)eagle mount up at your command,
And (B)make its nest on high?
28 On the rock it dwells and resides,
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

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26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
    and spreads his wings toward the south?
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
    and makes his (A)nest on high?
28 On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
    on (B)the rocky crag and stronghold.

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