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¹ I am frightened
    and tremble all over,
² when I hear the roaring voice
    of God in the thunder,
³ and when I see his lightning
    flash across the sky.
⁴ God's majestic voice
    thunders his commands,^[a]
5 creating miracles too marvelous
    for us to understand.
⁶ Snow and heavy rainstorms
⁷ make us stop and think
    about God's power,
⁸ and they force animals
    to seek shelter.
⁹ The windstorms of winter strike,
¹⁰ and the breath of God
    freezes streams and rivers.
¹¹ Rain clouds filled with lightning
    appear at God's command,
¹² traveling across the sky
¹³     to release their cargo—
sometimes as punishment for sin,
    sometimes as kindness.

¹⁴ Job, consider carefully
    the many wonders of God.
¹⁵ Can you explain why lightning
flashes
at the orders
¹⁶     of God who knows all things?
Or how he hangs the clouds
    in empty space?
¹⁷ You almost melt in the heat
of fierce desert winds
    when the sky is like brass.
¹⁸ God can spread out the clouds
to get relief from the heat,
    but can you?

¹⁹ Tell us what to say to God!
    Our minds are in the dark,
and we don't know how
    to argue our case.
²⁰ Should I risk my life
by telling God
    that I want to speak?
²¹ No one can stare at the sun
after a breeze has blown
    the clouds from the sky.
²² Yet the glorious splendor
of God All-Powerful
    is brighter by far.
²³ God cannot be seen—
but his power is great,
    and he is always fair.
²⁴ And so we humans fear God,
    because he shows no respect
for those who are proud
    and think they know so much.