Job 37:1
“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
Job 37:2
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Job 37:3
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Job 37:4
Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
Job 37:5
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Job 37:6
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
Job 37:7
He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
Job 37:8
The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
Job 37:9
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Job 37:10
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
Job 37:11
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 37:12
They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
Job 37:13
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
Job 37:14
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Job 37:15
Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
Job 37:16
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Job 37:17
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Job 37:18
can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?
Job 37:19
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
Job 37:20
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Job 37:21
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
Job 37:22
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Job 37:23
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Job 37:24
Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”