Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
Then Job responded by saying:
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
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?”
Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?
