Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said:
Then Job made answer and said,
2 How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
3 How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
4 For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
5 Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
9 He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
10 He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
12 By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
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?
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
