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132 lines
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Markdown
The LORD Challenges Job
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# Chapter 38
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1. Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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2. "Who is this that questions my wisdom
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with such ignorant words?
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3. Brace yourself like a man,
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because I have some questions for you,
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and you must answer them.
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4. "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
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Tell me, if you know so much.
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5. Who determined its dimensions
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and stretched out the surveying line?
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6. What supports its foundations,
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and who laid its cornerstone
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7. as the morning stars sang together
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and all the angels shouted for joy?
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8. "Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
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as it burst from the womb,
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9. and as I clothed it with clouds
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and wrapped it in thick darkness?
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10. For I locked it behind barred gates,
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limiting its shores.
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11. I said, 'This far and no farther will you come.
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Here your proud waves must stop!'
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12. "Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
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and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
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13. Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
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to bring an end to the night's wickedness?
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14. As the light approaches,
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the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
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it is robed in brilliant colors.
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15. The light disturbs the wicked
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and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
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16. "Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?
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Have you explored their depths?
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17. Do you know where the gates of death are located?
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Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
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18. Do you realize the extent of the earth?
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Tell me about it if you know!
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19. "Where does light come from,
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and where does darkness go?
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20. Can you take each to its home?
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Do you know how to get there?
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21. But of course you know all this!
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For you were born before it was all created,
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and you are so very experienced!
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22. "Have you visited the storehouses of the snow
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or seen the storehouses of hail?
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23. (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,
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for the day of battle and war.)
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24. Where is the path to the source of light?
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Where is the home of the east wind?
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25. "Who created a channel for the torrents of rain?
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Who laid out the path for the lightning?
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26. Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
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in a desert where no one lives?
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27. Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
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and make the tender grass spring up?
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28. "Does the rain have a father?
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Who gives birth to the dew?
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29. Who is the mother of the ice?
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Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
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30. For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
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and the surface of the water freezes.
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31. "Can you direct the movement of the stars--
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binding the cluster of the Pleiades
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or loosening the cords of Orion?
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32. Can you direct the constellations through the seasons
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or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
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33. Do you know the laws of the universe?
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Can you use them to regulate the earth?
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34. "Can you shout to the clouds
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and make it rain?
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35. Can you make lightning appear
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and cause it to strike as you direct?
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36. Who gives intuition to the heart
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and instinct to the mind?
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37. Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
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Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
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38. when the parched ground is dry
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and the soil has hardened into clods?
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39. "Can you stalk prey for a lioness
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and satisfy the young lions' appetites
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40. as they lie in their dens
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or crouch in the thicket?
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41. Who provides food for the ravens
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when their young cry out to God
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and wander about in hunger?
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