Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
And Job answers and says:
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
“How you have helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
How you have given counsel to the unwise, And made known wise plans in abundance.
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
With whom have you declared words? And whose breath came forth from you?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
The Rephaim are formed, Also their inhabitants beneath the waters.
Sheol [is] naked before Him, And there is no covering to destruction. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth on nothing,
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading 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 placed a limit on the waters, To the boundary of light with darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
Pillars of the heavens tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
By His power He has quieted the sea, And by His understanding struck the proud.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, His hand has formed the fleeing 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 [are] the borders of His way, and how little a matter is heard of Him, and who understands the thunder of His might?”
