Iyov (Job) 37
37
1“At this, my own heart trembles
and leaps out of its place.
2Just listen to the rumbling of his voice,
to the thunder that comes from his mouth!
3He sends it out under all of heaven,
his lightning to the ends of the earth.
4There follows a sound, a roar —
he is thundering with his majestic voice,
and he keeps releasing [the lightning]
even while his voice is being heard.
5“God thunders wonderfully with his voice,
he does great things beyond our understanding.
6He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth!’ —
likewise to the light rain, also to the downpour.
7He brings all human activity to a stop,
so that everyone he has made can know it.
8Then the animals go into their lairs
and hibernate in their dens.
9“Out of its chamber comes the storm,
with cold out of the north.
10By the breath of God, ice is given,
and the wide waters freeze over.
11He weighs the clouds down with moisture,
and they flash forth his lightning.
12He, by his plans, turns them around,
so they do what he commands them anywhere on earth;
13he brings them forth on the earth
sometimes to punish, sometimes to express his grace.
14“Listen to this, Iyov!
Stop, and consider God’s wonders.
15Do you know how God puts them in place,
how he causes lightning to flash from his cloud?
16Do you know how he balances the clouds?
These are marvels of him who knows everything!
17“You, sweltering in your clothing
as the earth lies still under a sultry south wind,
18can you, with him, spread out the sky,
hard as a cast metal mirror?
19Teach us what we should tell him,
for the darkness keeps us from organizing our case.
20Is he to be told that I will speak?
Can a man speak at all when he is already swallowed up?
21Now people don’t see the light,
which is bright in the sky;
but then the wind blows
and clears [the clouds] away.
22Out of the north comes a golden glow,
fearsome majesty surrounding God.
23Shaddai, whom we cannot find,
whose power is immense,
in his great righteousness
does not pervert justice.
24This is why people fear him;
he does not consider those
who think of themselves as wise.”
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