Job 26
1 And Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
2 How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
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 stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?
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?”
