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Say if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and if thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:

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А҆́ще оу҆разꙋмѣ́лъ є҆сѝ вре́мѧ рожде́нїѧ ко́зъ живꙋ́щихъ на гора́хъ ка́менныхъ; оу҆смотри́лъ же ли є҆сѝ болѣ́знь при рожде́нїи є҆ле́ней;

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and if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs:

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и҆зчи́слилъ же ли є҆сѝ мцⷭ҇ы и҆́хъ и҆спо́лнєны рожде́нїѧ и҆́хъ, бѡлѣ́зни же и҆́хъ разрѣши́лъ ли є҆сѝ;

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and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?

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Вскорми́лъ же ли є҆сѝ дѣ́тищы и҆́хъ внѣ̀ стра́ха, бѡлѣ́зни же и҆́хъ ѿсле́ши ли;

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Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not return to them.

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и҆зве́ргнꙋтъ ча̑да своѧ̑, оу҆мно́жатсѧ въ порожде́нїи, и҆зы́дꙋтъ и҆ не возвратѧ́тсѧ къ ни̑мъ.

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And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?

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Кто́ же є҆́сть пꙋсти́вый ѻ҆сла̀ ди́вїѧго свобо́дна, оу҆́зы же є҆гѡ̀ кто̀ разрѣши́лъ;

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whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

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Положи́хъ же жили́ще є҆гѡ̀ пꙋсты́ню и҆ селє́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀ сла́ность:

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He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

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смѣѧ́йсѧ мно́гꙋ наро́дꙋ гра́да, стꙋжа́нїѧ же да́нническагѡ не слы́шай,

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He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

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оу҆смо́тритъ на гора́хъ па́жить себѣ̀ и҆ в̾слѣ́дъ всѧ́кагѡ ѕла́ка и҆́щетъ.

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And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?

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Похо́щетъ же ли тѝ є҆диноро́гъ рабо́тати, и҆лѝ поспа́ти при ꙗ҆́слехъ твои́хъ;

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And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

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привѧ́жеши ли реме́нїемъ и҆́го є҆гѡ̀, и҆ провлече́тъ тѝ бразды̑ на по́ли;

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And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?

¹¹

надѣ́ешилисѧ на́нь, ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́га крѣ́пость є҆гѡ̀; попꙋ́стиши же ли є҆мꙋ̀ дѣла̀ твоѧ̑;

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And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor?

¹²

повѣ́риши же ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ возда́стъ тѝ сѣ́мѧ; внесе́тъ же ли тѝ въ гꙋмно̀;

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The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice,

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Крило̀ веселѧ́щихсѧ неела́сса, а҆́ще зачне́тъ а҆сі́да и҆ не́сса;

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for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

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ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆ста́витъ на землѝ ꙗ҆́ица своѧ̑, и҆ на пе́рсти согрѣ́етъ,

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and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

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и҆ забы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ нога̀ разбїе́тъ, и҆ ѕвѣ́рїе се́лнїи поперꙋ́тъ:

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She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

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ѡ҆жесточи́сѧ на ча̑да своѧ̑, а҆́ки бы не є҆ѧ̀, вотщѐ трꙋди́сѧ без̾ стра́ха,

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For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.

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ꙗ҆́кѡ сокры̀ бг҃ъ є҆́й премꙋ́дрость и҆ не оу҆дѣлѝ є҆́й въ ра́зꙋмѣ:

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In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.

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во вре́мѧ же на высотꙋ̀ вознесе́тъ, посмѣе́тсѧ коню̀ и҆ сѣдѧ́щемꙋ на не́мъ.

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Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?

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И҆лѝ ты̀ ѡ҆бложи́лъ є҆сѝ конѧ̀ си́лою, и҆ ѡ҆бле́клъ же ли є҆сѝ вы́ю є҆гѡ̀ въ стра́хъ;

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And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?

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ѡ҆бложи́лъ же ли є҆сѝ є҆го̀ всеѻрꙋ́жїемъ, сла́вꙋ же пе́рсей є҆гѡ̀ де́рзостїю;

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He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.

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копы́томъ копа́ѧ на по́ли и҆гра́етъ и҆ и҆схо́дитъ на по́ле съ крѣ́постїю:

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He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.

²²

срѣта́ѧ стрѣ́лы посмѣѧва́етсѧ и҆ не ѿврати́тсѧ ѿ желѣ́за:

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The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground:

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над̾ ни́мъ и҆гра́етъ лꙋ́къ и҆ ме́чь,

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and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

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и҆ гнѣ́вомъ потреби́тъ зе́млю и҆ не и҆́мать вѣ́ры ꙗ҆́ти, до́ндеже вострꙋ́битъ трꙋба̀:

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And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

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трꙋбѣ́ же вострꙋби́вшей глаго́летъ, бла́гоже: и҆здале́ча же ѡ҆бонѧ́етъ ра́ть, со скака́нїемъ и҆ ржа́нїемъ.

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And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?

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И҆ твое́ю ли хи́тростїю стои́тъ ꙗ҆́стребъ, распросте́ръ крилѣ̑ недви́жимь, зрѧ̀ на ю҆́гъ;

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And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

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Твои́мъ же ли повелѣ́нїемъ возно́ситсѧ ѻ҆ре́лъ, неѧ́сыть же на гнѣздѣ̀ свое́мъ сѣдѧ̀ вселѧ́етсѧ,

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on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?

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на версѣ̀ ка́мене и҆ въ сокрове́нѣ;

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Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.

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та́мѡ же сы́й и҆́щетъ бра̑шна, и҆здале́ча ѻ҆́чи є҆гѡ̀ наблюда́ютъ,

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And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcases may be, immediately they are found.

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пти̑чищи же є҆гѡ̀ валѧ́ютсѧ въ кро́ви: и҆дѣ́же а҆́ще бꙋ́дꙋтъ мертвечи̑ны, а҆́бїе ѡ҆брѣта́ютсѧ.