Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life.

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.