Job 37

37“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.

²Hear attentively the thunder of His voice,

And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

³He sends it forth under the whole heaven,

His ¹lightning to the ends of the earth.

⁴After it ^aa voice roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice,

And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

⁵God thunders marvelously with His voice;

^bHe does great things which we cannot comprehend.

⁶For ^cHe says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;

Likewise to the ²gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

⁷He seals the hand of every man,

^dThat ^eall men may know His work.

⁸The beasts ^fgo into dens,

And remain in their lairs.

⁹From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind,

And cold from the scattering winds of the north.

^10gBy the breath of God ice is given,

And the broad waters are frozen.

¹¹Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;

He scatters His ³bright clouds.

¹²And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance,

That they may ^hdo whatever He commands them

On the face of ⁴the whole earth.

¹³ⁱHe causes it to come,

Whether for ⁵correction,

Or ^jfor His land,

Or ^kfor mercy.

¹⁴“Listen to this, O Job;

Stand still and ^lconsider the wondrous works of God.

¹⁵Do you know when God ⁶dispatches them,

And causes the light of His cloud to shine?

^16mDo you know how the clouds are balanced,

Those wondrous works of ⁿHim who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷Why are your garments hot,

When He quiets the earth by the south wind?

¹⁸With Him, have you ^ospread out the ^pskies,

Strong as a cast metal mirror?

¹⁹“Teach us what we should say to Him,

For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.

²⁰Should He be told that I wish to speak?

If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.

²¹Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies,

When the wind has passed and cleared them.

²²He comes from the north as golden splendor;

With God is awesome majesty.

²³As for the Almighty, ^qwe cannot find Him;

^rHe is excellent in power,

In judgment and abundant justice;

He does not oppress.

²⁴Therefore men ^sfear Him;

He shows no partiality to any who are ^twise of heart.”