Daily Bible Reading

​¹³"The ostrich's wings flap wildly,
though its pinions lack plumage.
¹⁴For it leaves its eggs to the earth,
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
¹⁵forgetting that a foot may crush them,
and that a wild animal may trample them.
¹⁶It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own;
though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear;
¹⁷because God has made it forget wisdom,
and given it no share in understanding.
¹⁸When it spreads its plumes aloft,
it laughs at the horse and its rider.
¹⁹"Do you give the horse its might?
Do you clothe its neck with mane?
²⁰Do you make it leap like the locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrible.
²¹It paws violently, exults mightily;
it goes out to meet the weapons.
²²It laughs at fear, and is not dismayed;
it does not turn back from the sword.
²³Upon it rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
²⁴With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground;
it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
²⁵When the trumpet sounds, it says 'Aha!'
From a distance it smells the battle,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.