"Will the wildoxconsentto serveyou, Orwill he spendthe nightat your manger?
"Can you bindthe wildoxin a furrowwith ropes,Orwill he harrowthe valleysafteryou?
"He exploresthe mountainsfor his pastureAnd searchesaftereverygreenthing.
Saveme from the lion'smouth;From the hornsof the wildoxenYou answerme.
He makes Lebanonskiplikea calf,And Sirionlikea youngwildox.
But You have exaltedmy hornlike [that of] the wildox;I have been anointedwith freshoil.
"An oxknowsits owner,And a donkeyits master'smanger,[But] Israeldoes not know,My peopledo not understand."
Wildoxenwill also fallwith them And youngbullswith strongones;Thus their landwill be soakedwith blood,And their dustbecomegreasywith fat.
"Godbringsthem out of Egypt,He is for them like the hornsof the wildox.
"As the firstbornof his ox,majestyis his, And his hornsare the hornsof the wildox;With them he will pushthe peoples,Allat once,[to] the endsof the earth.And thoseare the tenthousandsof Ephraim,And thoseare the thousandsof Manasseh."
