25 “Who has cut open a channel for the torrents

and a way for the ⌊thunder bolts⌋,l

26 to bring rain on a land ⌊where no one lives⌋,m

a desert ⌊where no humans live⌋,n

27 to satisfy desert and wasteland,

and to cause the ground to put forth the rising of grass?

28 Is there a father for the rain,

or who fathered the drops of dew?

29 From whose womb did the ice come forth,

and who fathered the frost of heaven?

30 Like stone the waters become hard,

and the faces of the deep freeze.

31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,

or can you loosen the cords of Orion?

32 Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time,

oro can you lead the Bear with its children?

33 Do you know heaven’s statutes,

or can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds

so thatp a flood of water may cover you?

35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go?

And will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who has put wisdom in the ibis,q

or who has given understanding to the rooster?r

37 Who can number the clouds with wisdom?

Ors who can tilt heaven’s jars,

38 at the flowing of the dust into a cast

and the clods cling together?

39 “Can you hunt prey for the lion?

And can you satisfy the hunger of strong lions

40 when they are crouched in the dens,

when they lie in the thicket in an ambush?

41 Who prepares for the crow its prey,

when its young ones cry to God for help,

and they wander around ⌊for lack of food⌋?t