Job 37

¹ "At this also my heart trembles, and leaps out of its place.

² Hearken to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.

³ Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

⁴ After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.

⁵ God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things which we cannot comprehend.

⁶ For to the snow he says, 'Fall on the earth'; and to the shower and the rain, 'Be strong.'

⁷ He seals up the hand of every man, that all men may know his work.

⁸ Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens.

⁹ From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.

¹⁰ By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.

¹¹ He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.

¹² They turn round and round by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.

¹³ Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.

¹⁴ "Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.

¹⁵ Do you know how God lays his command upon them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

¹⁶ Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,

¹⁷ you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?

¹⁸ Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?

¹⁹ Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.

²⁰ Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?

²¹ "And now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.

²² Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with terrible majesty.

²³ The Almighty--we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

²⁴ Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."