Job 26
1 Job replied,
Then Job answered and said:
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, 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 confounded at his rebuke.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing 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?”
Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
