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Job 38:1–12

The Lord Speaks

38 Then the Lord spoke to Jobw out of the storm.x He said:

“Who is this that obscures my plansy

with words without knowledge?z

Brace yourself like a man;

I will question you,

and you shall answer me.a

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?b

Tell me, if you understand.c

Who marked off its dimensions?d Surely you know!

Who stretched a measuring linee across it?

On what were its footings set,f

or who laid its cornerstoneg

while the morning starsh sang togetheri

and all the angelsa j shouted for joy?k

“Who shut up the sea behind doorsl

when it burst forth from the womb,m

when I made the clouds its garment

and wrapped it in thick darkness,n

10 when I fixed limits for ito

and set its doors and bars in place,p

11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;q

here is where your proud waves halt’?r

12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,s

or shown the dawn its place,t

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