Job 39:26–40:5

²⁶“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars

and spreads its wings toward the south?

²⁷Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up

and makes its nest on high?^*

²⁸It lives on the rock and makes its home

in the fastness of the rocky crag.

²⁹From there it spies the prey;

its eyes see it from far away.^*

³⁰Its young ones suck up blood,

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

⁴⁰And the Lord said to Job:

²“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?ⁿ

Anyone who argues with God must respond.”^*

Job’s Response to God

³Then Job answered the Lord:

⁴“See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?

I lay my hand on my mouth.^*

⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer,

twice but will proceed no further.”^*