Job 39:26–40:5

²⁶Does the hawk take flight by your understanding

and spread its wings to the south?

²⁷Does the eagle soar at your command

and make its nest ⁿon high?

²⁸It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;

its stronghold is on a rocky crag.

²⁹From there it searches for prey; ^o

its eyes penetrate the distance.

³⁰Its brood gulps down blood,

and where the slain are, it is there. ^p

40The Lord answered Job:

²Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?

Let him who argues with God give an answer. ^q

³Then Job answered the Lord:

⁴I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? ^r

I place my hand over my mouth.

⁵I have spoken once, and I will not reply;

twice, but now I can add nothing. ^s