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38 : 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
38 : 2 Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
38 : 3 Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
38 : 4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
38 : 5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
38 : 6 On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
38 : 7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
38 : 8 Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
38 : 9 When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
38 : 10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
38 : 11 And I said, `Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop`?
38 : 12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,
38 : 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
38 : 14 It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
38 : 15 From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.
38 : 16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
38 : 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
38 : 18 Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
38 : 19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
38 : 20 That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
38 : 21 You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
38 : 22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
38 : 23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?
38 : 24 Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
38 : 25 Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
38 : 26 To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,
38 : 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
38 : 28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
38 : 29 From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
38 : 30 Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
38 : 31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
38 : 32 Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?
38 : 33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
38 : 34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
38 : 35 Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, `Here we are`?
38 : 36 Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?
38 : 37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
38 : 38 When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
38 : 39 Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
38 : 40 When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
38 : 41 Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?