Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
Then Job made answer and said,
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
14 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?”
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
