Job 37

“At this my heart pounds^s

and leaps from its place.

Listen!^t Listen to the roar of his voice,^u

to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.^v

He unleashes his lightning^w beneath the whole heaven

and sends it to the ends of the earth.^x

After that comes the sound of his roar;

he thunders^y with his majestic voice.^z

When his voice resounds,

he holds nothing back.

God’s voice thunders^a in marvelous ways;^b

he does great things beyond our understanding.^c

He says to the snow,^d ‘Fall on the earth,’

and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’^e

So that everyone he has made may know his work,^f

he stops all mortals from their labor.^g

The animals take cover;^h

they remain in their dens.ⁱ

The tempest comes out from its chamber,^j

the cold from the driving winds.^k

The breath of God produces ice,

and the broad waters become frozen.^l

He loads the clouds with moisture;^m

he scatters his lightningⁿ through them.^o

At his direction they swirl around

over the face of the whole earth

to do whatever he commands them.^p

He brings the clouds to punish people,^q

or to water his earth and show his love.^r

“Listen^s to this, Job;

stop and consider God’s wonders.^t

Do you know how God controls the clouds

and makes his lightning^u flash?^v

Do you know how the clouds hang poised,^w

those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?^x

You who swelter in your clothes

when the land lies hushed under the south wind,^y

can you join him in spreading out the skies,^z

hard as a mirror of cast bronze?^a

“Tell us what we should say to him;^b

we cannot draw up our case^c because of our darkness.^d

Should he be told that I want to speak?

Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?

Now no one can look at the sun,^e

bright as it is in the skies

after the wind has swept them clean.

Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;^f

God comes in awesome majesty.^g

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;^h

in his justiceⁱ and great righteousness, he does not oppress.^j

Therefore, people revere him,^k

for does he not have regard for all the wise^l in heart?”