[1] “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. [2] Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. [3] He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. [4] Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. [5] God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. [6] For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’ [7] He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work. [8] The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. [9] The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. [10] By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. [11] He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. [12] They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. [13] Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion. [14] Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. [15] Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash? [16] Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge? [17] You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind, [18] can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze? [19] Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness. [20] Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up? [21] Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. [22] Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him. [23] The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. [24] Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
