Job 37

• 1. "My heart pounds as I think of this. It leaps within me.
• 2. Listen carefully to the thunder of God's voice as it rolls from his mouth.
• 3. It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes out in every direction.
• 4. Then comes the roaring of the thunder--the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain the thunder when he speaks.
• 5. God's voice is glorious in the thunder. We cannot comprehend the greatness of his power.
• 6. "He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down.
• 7. Everyone stops working at such a time so they can recognize his power.
• 8. The wild animals hide in the rocks or in their dens.
• 9. The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold.
• 10. God's breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water.
• 11. He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning.
• 12. The clouds turn around and around under his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
• 13. He causes things to happen on earth, either as a punishment or as a sign of his unfailing love.
• 14. "Listen, Job; stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!
• 15. Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash forth from his clouds?
• 16. Do you understand how he balances the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?
• 17. When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still,
• 18. he makes the skies reflect the heat like a giant mirror. Can you do that?
• 19. "You think you know so much, so teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.
• 20. Should God be told that I want to speak? Can we speak when we are confused?
• 21. We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds.
• 22. Golden splendor comes from the mountain of God. He is clothed in dazzling splendor.
• 23. We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty, yet he is so just and merciful that he does not oppress us.
• 24. No wonder people everywhere fear him. People who are truly wise show him reverence."

Job 38

• 1. Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
• 2. "Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?
• 3. Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
• 4. "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much.
• 5. Do you know how its dimensions were determined and who did the surveying?
• 6. What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone
• 7. as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
• 8. "Who defined the boundaries of the sea as it burst from the womb,
• 9. and as I clothed it with clouds and thick darkness?
• 10. For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.
• 11. I said, `Thus far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!'
• 12. "Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
• 13. Have you ever told the daylight to spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night's wickedness?
• 14. For the features of the earth take shape as the light approaches, and the dawn is robed in red.
• 15. The light disturbs the haunts of the wicked, and it stops the arm that is raised in violence.
• 16. "Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you walked about and explored their depths?
• 17. Do you know where the gates of death are located? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
• 18. Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know!
• 19. "Where does the light come from, and where does the darkness go?
• 20. Can you take it to its home? Do you know how to get there?
• 21. But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced!
• 22. "Have you visited the treasuries of the snow? Have you seen where the hail is made and stored?
• 23. I have reserved it for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.
• 24. Where is the path to the origin of light? Where is the home of the east wind?
• 25. "Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning?
• 26. Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives?
• 27. Who sends the rain that satisfies the parched ground and makes the tender grass spring up?
• 28. "Does the rain have a father? Where does dew come from?
• 29. Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
• 30. For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes.
• 31. "Can you hold back the movements of the stars? Are you able to restrain the Pleiades or Orion?
• 32. Can you ensure the proper sequence of the seasons or guide the constellation of the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
• 33. Do you know the laws of the universe and how God rules the earth?
• 34. "Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
• 35. Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct it?
• 36. Who gives intuition and instinct?
• 37. Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven,
• 38. turning the dry dust to clumps of mud?
• 39. "Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions' appetites
• 40. as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
• 41. Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God as they wander about in hunger?

Job 39

• 1. "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Have you watched as the wild deer are born?
• 2. Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
• 3. They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.
• 4. Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave their parents and never return.
• 5. "Who makes the wild donkey wild?
• 6. I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland.
• 7. It hates the noise of the city, and it has no driver to shout at it.
• 8. The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass.
• 9. "Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it stay in your stall?
• 10. Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?
• 11. Since it is so strong, can you trust it? Can you go away and trust the ox to do your work?
• 12. Can you rely on it to return, bringing your grain to the threshing floor?
• 13. "The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
• 14. She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.
• 15. She doesn't worry that a foot might crush them or that wild animals might destroy them.
• 16. She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She is unconcerned though they die,
• 17. for God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding.
• 18. But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
• 19. "Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
• 20. Did you give it the ability to leap forward like a locust? Its majestic snorting is something to hear!
• 21. It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength. When it charges to war,
• 22. it is unafraid. It does not run from the sword.
• 23. The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash.
• 24. Fiercely it paws the ground and rushes forward into battle when the trumpet blows.
• 25. It snorts at the sound of the bugle. It senses the battle even at a distance. It quivers at the noise of battle and the shout of the captain's commands.
• 26. "Are you the one who makes the hawk soar and spread its wings to the south?
• 27. Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?
• 28. It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
• 29. From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes.
• 30. Its nestlings gulp down blood, for it feeds on the carcass of the slaughtered."

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