Job 37
1 At this, my heart became frightened, and it has been moved from its place.
“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Pay close attention to the alarm of his voice and to the sound that proceeds from his mouth.
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
3 He beholds everything under the heavens, and his light reaches beyond the ends of the earth.
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 After this, a noise will sound; he will thunder with the voice of his greatness, and it will not be tracked down, yet his voice will be obeyed.
Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
5 God will thunder with his voice miraculously, for he performs great and unsearchable things.
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
6 He commands the snow to descend on earth, and the winter rains, and the shower of his strength.
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
7 He signs the hand of all men, so that each one may know his works.
He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
8 The beast will enter his hiding-place, and he will remain in his cave.
The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
9 From the interior, a storm will come forth, and a cold winter from the north.
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
10 As God breathes out, frost forms, and the waters are poured forth very widely again.
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
11 Crops desire clouds, and the clouds scatter their light.
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
12 It shines all around, wherever the will of him that governs them will lead, to anywhere he will command, over the whole face of the earth,
They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
13 whether in one tribe, or in his own region, or in whatever place of his mercy that he will order them to be found.
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
14 Listen to these things, Job. Stand up and consider the wonders of God.
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
15 Do you know when God ordered the rains, so as to show the light of his clouds?
Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
16 Do you know the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect sciences?
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 Are not your garments hot, when the south wind blows across the land?
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18 Perhaps you have made the heavens with him, which are very solid, as if they had been cast from brass.
can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
19 Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
20 Who will explain to him the things that I am saying? Even while a man is still speaking, he will be devoured.
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
21 Although they do not see the light, the air will be thickened suddenly into clouds, and the wind, passing by, will drive them away.
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Riches arrive from the north, and fearful praise reaches out to God.
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
23 We are not worthy to be able to find him. Great in strength, great in judgment, great in justice: he is indescribable.
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
24 Therefore, men will fear him, and all those who seem to themselves to be wise, will not dare to contemplate him.
Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
