Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath 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?”
Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
