“The caravans of Tema looked,
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,
And all my members are as a shadow.

Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

“He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,
And opens their ear in time of oppression.

Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?

“Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

“Can you count the months they fulfill,
Or do you know the time they give birth?