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