Job 39:26–40:5

²⁶“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,

Stretching his wings toward the south?

²⁷“Is it at your ¹command that the eagle mounts up

And makes ^ahis nest on high?

²⁸“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,

Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

²⁹“From there he ^aspies out food;

His eyes see it from afar.

³⁰“His young ones also suck up blood;

And ^awhere the slain are, there is he.”

Chapter 40

Job: What Can I Say?

¹Then the Lord said to Job,

²“Will the faultfinder ^acontend with the Almighty?

Let him who ^breproves God answer it.”

³Then Job answered the Lord and said,

⁴“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?

I ^alay my hand on my mouth.

⁵“Once I have spoken, and ^aI will not answer;

Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”