Job 39:26–40:5

²⁶“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom

and spread its wings toward the south?^v

²⁷Does the eagle soar at your command

and build its nest on high?^w

²⁸It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;

a rocky crag^x is its stronghold.

²⁹From there it looks for food;^y

its eyes detect it from afar.

³⁰Its young ones feast on blood,

and where the slain are, there it is.”^z

40The Lord said to Job:^a

²“Will the one who contends with the Almighty^b correct him?^c

Let him who accuses God answer him!”^d

³Then Job answered the Lord:

⁴“I am unworthy^e—how can I reply to you?

I put my hand over my mouth.^f

⁵I spoke once, but I have no answer^g—

twice, but I will say no more.”^h