Job: Man’s Frailty and God’s Majesty
1 But Job answered and said:
2 “How have you helpedhimwhoiswithout power?
Howhave you saved the armthathasno strength?
3 How have you counseledonewhohasno wisdom?
Andhowhave you declared sound advice to many?
4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?
5 “The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
6 Sheolisnaked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.
7 He stretches out the north over empty space;
Hehangs the earth on nothing.
8 He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds are not broken under it.
9 He covers the face ofHisthrone,
Andspreads His cloud over it.
10 He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are astonished at His rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.
13 By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
# His hand piercedthe fleeing serpent.
14 Indeed thesearethe mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”