Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
Then Job answered:
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
