Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
The flight of the hawk and its stretching of the wings toward the south is its seasonal movement southward. That flight and seasonal movement are governed by God's wisdom, not by human wisdom. Through the hawk the created world displays God's wisdom and power and care at work in nature.
The verse is put as a question that human beings cannot answer by their own wisdom. It teaches that human understanding is limited, and that many things encountered in daily life remain beyond finite comprehension.
The flight of the hawk and its stretching of the wings toward the south is its seasonal movement southward. That flight and seasonal movement are governed by God's wisdom, not by human wisdom. Through the hawk the created world displays God's wisdom and power and care at work in nature.
The verse is put as a question that human beings cannot answer by their own wisdom. It teaches that human understanding is limited, and that many things encountered in daily life remain beyond finite comprehension.