Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said,
Then Job responded by saying:
2 “How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
3 How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.
4 With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?
5 The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
9 He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
10 He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
13 By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
14 See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?
