3 He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;

his lightning to the endse of the earth.

4 Then there comes a roaring sound;

God thundersf with his majestic voice.

He does not restrain the lightning

when his rumbling voice is heard.

5 God thunders wondrously with his voice;

he does great things that we cannot comprehend.

6 For he says to the snow,g “Fall to the earth,”

and the torrential rains, his mighty torrential rains,

7 serve as his sign to all mankind,

so that all men may know his work.

8 The wild animals enter their lairs

and stay in their dens.h

9 The windstorm comes from its chamber,

and the cold from the driving north winds.

10 Ice is formed by the breath of God,i

and watery expanses are frozen.

11 He saturates clouds with moisture;j

he scatters his lightning through them.

12 They swirl about,

turning round and round at his direction,

accomplishing everything he commands them

over the surface of the inhabited world.

13 He causes this to happen for punishment,

for his land, or for his faithful love.