[1] Then Job responded, [2] "What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength! [3] "What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! [4] "To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through 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 empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. [8] "He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. [9] "He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. [10] "He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness. [11] "The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke. [12] "He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. [13] "By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. [14] "Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?"
