39:5 Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who released the bonds of the donkey,
39:6 to whom I appointed the steppe for its home,
the salt wastes as its dwelling place?
39:7 It scorns the tumult in the town;
it does not hear the shouts of a driver. 1
39:8 It ranges the hills as its pasture,
and searches after every green plant.
1 sn The animal is happier in open countryside than in a busy town, and on its own rather than being driven by a herdsman.