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¹ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:² Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.⁵ Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?⁶ Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?⁸ Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;⁹ When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,¹⁰ And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,¹¹ And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?

¹² Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?¹⁴ It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.¹⁵ But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.¹⁶ Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?¹⁸ Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.¹⁹ Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;²⁰ That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?²¹ Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!²² Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,²³ Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?²⁴ By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

²⁵ Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;²⁶ To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?²⁸ Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?³⁰ The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.³¹ Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?³² Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?³³ Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?³⁴ Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?³⁵ Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?³⁷ Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,³⁸ When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,⁴⁰ When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his prey,