[1] "My heart pounds because of this and jumps out of its place. [2] Listen! Listen to the roar of God's voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. [3] He flashes his lightning everywhere under heaven. His light flashes to the ends of the earth. [4] It is followed by the roar of his voice. He thunders with his majestic voice. He doesn't hold the lightning back when his thunder is heard. [5] God's voice thunders in miraculous ways. It does great things that we cannot understand. [6] "He says to the snow, 'Fall to the ground,' and to the pouring rain, 'Rain harder!' [7] He makes it impossible to do anything so that people will recognize his work. [8] Animals go into their dens and stay in their lairs. [9] A storm comes out of its chamber. It is cold because of the strong winds. [10] God's breath produces ice, and the seas freeze over. [11] Yes, he loads the thick clouds with moisture and scatters his lightning from the clouds. [12] He guides the clouds as they churn round and round over the face of the inhabited earth to do everything he orders them. [13] Whether for discipline, or for the good of his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear. [14] "Open your ears to this, Job. Stop and consider God's miracles. [15] Do you know how God controls them and makes the lightning flash from his clouds? [16] Do you know how the clouds drift (these are the miracles of the one who knows everything), [17] you whose clothes are hot and sweaty, when the earth is calm under a south wind? [18] Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal? [19] Teach us what we should say to him. We are unable to prepare a case because of darkness. [20] Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused? [21] People can't look at the sun when it's bright among the clouds or after the wind has blown and cleared those clouds away. [22] A golden light comes from the north. A terrifying majesty is around God. [23] The Almighty, whom we can't reach, is great in power and judgment, has more than enough righteousness, and does not oppress. [24] That is why people should fear him. He does not respect those who think they're wise."
