Job 26
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Job: God is Awesome
1Then Job responded and said:
2“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm without strength!
3How you have counseled the one without wisdom and revealed your abundant insights!
4To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit has come from your mouth?
5“The dead tremble— those beneath the water and all that live in them.
6Sheol is naked before Him; Abaddon has no covering.
7He stretches out the north over the void; He suspends the earth over nothing.
8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under them.
9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading His clouds over it.
10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters, for a boundary between light and dark.
11The pillars of heaven tremble, astounded at His rebuke!
12By His power He churns up the sea; by His understanding He smashed Rahab.
13By His Ruach the heavens are clear; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14Indeed, these are but glimpses of His ways; how faint the whisper, we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His might?”
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Job 26
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1Job replied, 2“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak. 3What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom. 4Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?#26:4. Clearly in these verses Job is being ironic. In addition some commentators see 26:1-4 as Job interrupting Bildad who continues as speaker of 26:5-14.
5The dead tremble, those beneath the waters. 6Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered.#26:6. Sheol and Abaddon are names for the underworld, the place of the dead. The idea in this verse is that nothing is hidden from God. 7He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing. 8He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight. 9He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds. 10On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.#26:10. There are echoes of the Genesis account of creation here. 11The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.#26:11. According to the ancients, the sky was supported by pillars (identified with certain mountains). 12He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do, he crushed Rahab.#26:12. Rahab was a legendary sea-monster, and may refer to some creation stories. 13The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.#26:13. See Isaiah 27:1. 14This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
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