Job 26
1 Job replied,
Then Job answered,
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol (Sheol h7585) is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
