Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
Naked [is] Sheol over-against 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 upon 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 rent 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 over it His cloud.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
Pillars of the heavens do 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 hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand 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] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
