Job 26
1 Then Job made answer and said,
And Job answers and says:
2 How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
“How you have helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
How you have given counsel to the unwise, And made known wise plans in abundance.
4 To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
With whom have you declared words? And whose breath came forth from you?
5 The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living 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 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth on nothing,
8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading His cloud over it.
10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
He has placed a limit on the waters, To the boundary of light with darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
Pillars of the heavens tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12 By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
By His power He has quieted the sea, And by His understanding struck the proud.
13 By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.
14 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.
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?”
