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Elihu Says God has Authority over the Storm

¹ "Indeed, at His thundering my heart trembles
And leaps out of its place.

² "Listen carefully to the ^(C1)thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!

³ "He lets it loose under the whole heaven,
And His lightning to the ^(C1)ends of the earth.

⁴ "After it, His voice roars;
He thunders with the voice of His majesty,
And He does not restrain His lightning against His adversaries when His voice is heard.

⁵ "God ^(C1)thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does ^(C2)great things which we cannot comprehend.

⁶ "For He says to ^(C1)the snow, 'Fall on the earth';
And He speaks to the showers and to the ^(C2)downpour of His mighty rains, 'Be strong.'

⁷ "God ^(C1)seals (brings to a standstill, stops) by severe weather the hand of every man,
That ^(C2)all men whom He has made may know His work that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it.

⁸ "Then the beast goes into its lair
And remains in its ^(C1)hiding place.

⁹ "Out of its ^(C1)chamber comes the storm,
And cold from the north wind.

¹⁰ "^(C1)Ice is made by the breath of God,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen. ^(VR1)

¹¹ "He ^(C1)loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He ^(C2)disperses ^(C3)the cloud of His lightning.

¹² "Its direction is turned around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He ^(C1)commands it
On the ^(C2)face of the inhabited earth.

¹³ "Whether it be for ^(C1)correction, or for ^(C2)His earth generally
Or for His ^(C3)mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen. ^(VR1)

¹⁴ "Listen to this, Job;
Stand still and consider the wonders of God.

¹⁵ "Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His storm cloud shine?

¹⁶ "Do you know about the layers of thick clouds and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens,
The ^(C1)wonderful works of Him who is ^(C2)perfect in knowledge,

¹⁷ You whose garments are hot,
When He quiets the earth in sultry summer with the oppressive south wind?

¹⁸ "Can you, with Him, ^(C1)spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?

¹⁹ "Tell us Job what words of man shall we say to such a Being;
We ^(C1)cannot state our case because of darkness that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God.

²⁰ "So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak?
Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up and destroyed by God?

²¹ "Now people cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies without being blinded,
When the wind has passed and cleared them.

²² "Out of the north comes golden splendor and people can hardly look on it;
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty far too glorious for man's eyes.

²³ "The Almighty—^(C1)we cannot find Him;
He is ^(C2)exalted in power
And He ^(C3)will not do violence to nor disregard ^(C4)justice and abundant righteousness. ^(VR1)

²⁴ "Men therefore ^(C1)fear Him;
He ^(C2)does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart in their own understanding and conceit." ^(VR1)