5 The departed spirits tremble

beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.p

6 Sheolq is naked before God,

and Abaddonr has no covering.s

7 He stretches the northern skies over empty space;

he hangs the earth on nothing.

8 He wraps up the water in his clouds,

yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.a

9 He obscures the view of his throne,

spreading his cloud over it.

10 He laid out the horizon on the surface of the watersb

at the boundary between light and darkness.

11 The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,

astounded at his rebuke.c

12 By his power he stirredd the sea,

and by his understanding he crushed Rahab.e

13 By his breath the heavens gained their beauty;

his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.A,f

14 These are but the fringes of his ways;

how faint is the word we hear of him!

Who can understand his mighty thunder?