2.1 KiB
Chapter 37
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My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest.
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Just listen to his thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
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He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; his lightning to the ends of the earth.
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Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with his majestic voice.
He does not restrain the lightning when his rumbling voice is heard.
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God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
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For he says to the snow, "Fall to the earth," and the torrential rains, his mighty torrential rains,
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serve as his sign to all mankind, so that all men may know his work.
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The wild animals enter their lairs and stay in their dens.
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The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
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Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen.
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He saturates clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
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They swirl about, turning round and round at his direction, accomplishing everything he commands them over the surface of the inhabited world.
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He causes this to happen for punishment, for his land, or for his faithful love.
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Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God's wonders.
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Do you know how God directs his clouds or makes their lightning flash?
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Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of him who has perfect knowledge?
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You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,
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can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror?
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Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.
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Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?
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Now no one can even look at the sun after a wind has swept through and cleared the sky.
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Out of the north he comes, shrouded in a golden glow; awesome majesty surrounds him.
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The Almighty--we cannot reach him-- he is exalted in power! He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness,
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therefore, men fear him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.