Job 39:26–40:5

²⁶Does a hawk learn from you how to fly

when it spreads its wings towards the south?

²⁷Does an eagle wait for your command

to build its nest high in the mountains?

²⁸It makes its home on the highest rocks

and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.

²⁹From there it watches near and far

for something to kill and eat.

^30*Around dead bodies the eagles gather,

and the young eagles drink the blood.

40Job, you challenged Almighty God;

will you give up now, or will you answer?

^3–4I spoke foolishly, Lord. What can I answer?

I will not try to say anything else.

⁵I have already said more than I should.