Job 26
1 Then Job responded by saying:
Then Job answered:
2 Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 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?
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?”
