[1] Then Job answered and said, [2] “What a help you are to the one without power! How you have saved the arm without strength! [3] “What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What sound wisdom you have abundantly made known! [4] “To whom have you declared words? And whose breath comes out from you? [5] “The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants. [6] “Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. [7] “He stretches out the north over what is formless And hangs the earth on nothing. [8] “He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not break out under them. [9] “He obscures the face of His throne And spreads His cloud over it. [10] “He has marked a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness. [11] “The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at His rebuke. [12] “He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He crushed Rahab. [13] “By His breath the heavens are made beautiful; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. [14] “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how only with a whisper of a word do we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”
