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don’t depend on you, Job, but look at verse 4,

“Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They
leave and do not return to them.”
“Those little animals can’t even depend on their parents. Some of them
wander off. Who takes care of them, Job?” Verse 5-12. “The wild donkey
and the wild ox. How about that, Job? They range free and untamed in the
wilderness. You not only can’t help them, but they wouldn’t let you if you
tried. They’re untamable. They will scorn all your attempts to domesticate
them. They are not going to serve you.” Verse 19 through 25, “What
about the war horse, Job?” This description of the war horse is one of the
most stirring pieces of poetry in the Scriptures.
Verse 26-30, “How about the hawk, Job? How about the eagle?” God has
been showing that He providentially takes care of His creatures. Chapter
39:14–15, “The ostriches’ wings flap joyously with the pinion and
plumage of love, for she abandons her eggs to the earth and warms
them in the dust, and she forgets that a foot may crush them, or that a
wild beast may trample them.”
An ostrich buries her eggs in the sand, and she is so dumb that if she gets
off her eggs, she will forget where she buried them. The eggs are left in
the sand and the warmth of the sun hatches the eggs. God is saying, “Job,
when an ostrich goes and buries her eggs and loses them because she is so
dumb, who watches over those eggs that no animal comes and steps on
them? Job, I take care of these things. I am in charge of everything, and I
providentially take care of all my creatures”. He was showing His
sovereignty in the instinctual qualities of His creatures. To man He gave
wisdom and a brain. To some birds He has given beauty. To some animals
He has given strength. To some He has given fearlessness. To some He
has given a quiet spirit, and others are wild and untamed. One, like the
eagle mentioned here, has telescopic vision and can see from afar.
Another migrates south. In these things, Job, I am in charge. And then, in
chapter 40:1-5, Job is ready to quit.

“Then the LORD said to Job, ‘will the faultfinder contend with the
Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.’
Then Job answered the LORD and said, ‘Behold, I am insignificant;
What can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth. Once I have
spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing
more.”
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