Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered,
2 How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3 How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
5 Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
“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 stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and 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 And are confounded at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 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?
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?”
