Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 39:26

26. Doth the hawk flie by thy wisdom , and stretch her wings toward the south ?

In so singular a manner, so strongly and steddily, so constantly and unweariedly, so swiftly and speedily, so regularly and cunningly to catch her Prey.

Didst thou inspire her with that Wisdom?

Which she doth either 1. when she casts her old Feathers, and gets new ones, which is furthered either by the warmth of Southerly Winds, or by the heat of the Sun, which was Southward from Iob's Country, as it is from ours. Whence it is, that as wild Hawks do this by natural Instinct, so the places which Men build for the keeping of tame Hawks are built towards the South. Or in, or towards Winter, when wild Hawks flie into warmer Countries, as being impatient of cold weather.