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¹ The storm makes my heart beat wildly.
² Listen, all of you, to the voice of God,
    to the thunder that comes from his mouth.
³ He sends the lightning across the sky,
    from one end of the earth to the other.
⁴ Then the roar of his voice is heard,
    the majestic sound of thunder,
    and all the while the lightning flashes.
⁵ At God's command amazing things happen,
    wonderful things that we can't understand.
⁶ He commands snow to fall on the earth,
    and sends torrents of drenching rain.
⁷ He brings our work to a stop;
    he shows us what he can do.^[a]
8 The wild animals go to their dens.
⁹ The storm winds come from the south,
    and the biting cold from the north.
¹⁰ The breath of God freezes the waters,
    and turns them to solid ice.
¹¹ Lightning flashes from the clouds,^[b]
12     as they move at God's will.
They do all that God commands,
    everywhere throughout the world.
¹³ God sends rain to water the earth;
    he may send it to punish us,
    or to show us his favor.

¹⁴ Pause a moment, Job, and listen;
    consider the wonderful things God does.
¹⁵ Do you know how God gives the command
    and makes lightning flash from the clouds?
¹⁶ Do you know how clouds float in the sky,
    the work of God's amazing skill?
¹⁷ No, you can only suffer in the heat
    when the south wind oppresses the land.
¹⁸ Can you help God stretch out the sky
    and make it as hard as polished metal?
¹⁹ Teach us what to say to God;
    our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.
²⁰ I won't ask to speak with God;
    why should I give him a chance to destroy me?

²¹ And now the light in the sky is dazzling,
    too bright for us to look at it;
    and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.
²² A golden glow is seen in the north,
    and the glory of God fills us with awe.
²³ God's power is so great that we cannot come near him;
    he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.
²⁴ No wonder, then, that everyone is awed by him,
    and that he ignores those who claim to be wise.