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¹ At this also my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
² Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice,
to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.
³ Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
⁴ After that a voice roars;
he thunders with an exalted voice,
and he does not hold back his lightning bolts
when his voice is heard.
⁵ God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.
⁶ For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,'
and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.'
⁷ He causes everyone to stop working,
so that all people may know his work.
⁸ The wild animals go to their lairs,
and in their dens they remain.
⁹ A tempest blows out from its chamber,
icy cold from the driving winds.
¹⁰ The breath of God produces ice,
and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
¹¹ He loads the clouds with moisture;
he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
¹² The clouds go round in circles,
wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out all that he commands them
over the face of the whole inhabited world.
¹³ Whether it is for punishment for his land,
or whether it is for mercy,
he causes it to find its mark.
¹⁴ "Pay attention to this, Job!
Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
¹⁵ Do you know how God commands them,
how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
¹⁶ Do you know about the balancing of the clouds,
that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
¹⁷ You, whose garments are hot
when the earth is still because of the south wind,
¹⁸ will you, with him, spread out the clouds,
solid as a mirror of molten metal?
¹⁹ Tell us what we should say to him.
We cannot prepare a case
because of the darkness.
²⁰ Should he be informed that I want to speak?
If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!
²¹ But now, the sun cannot be looked at—
it is bright in the skies—
after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
²² From the north he comes in golden splendor;
around God is awesome majesty.
²³ As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him!
He is great in power,
but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
²⁴ Therefore people fear him,
for he does not regard all the wise in heart."