²⁴ a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

⁶ The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

¹² But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey's colt.

⁵ "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

⁶ Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

⁷ He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.

⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

²⁷ who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

¹⁵ I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, And seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."