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Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
“At this also my heart trembles
and leaps out of its place.
“At this also my heart trembles
and leaps out of its place.
“My heart pounds as I think of this.
It trembles within me.
It trembles within me.
Keep listening to the thunder of his voice
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice
as it rolls from his mouth.
as it rolls from his mouth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
It rolls across the heavens,
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
Then comes the roaring of the thunder —
the tremendous voice of his majesty.
He does not restrain it when he speaks.
the tremendous voice of his majesty.
He does not restrain it when he speaks.
God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
God’s voice is glorious in the thunder.
We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.
We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.
For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.
likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.
“He directs the snow to fall on the earth
and tells the rain to pour down.
and tells the rain to pour down.
He seals up the hand of every man,
that all men whom he made may know it.
that all men whom he made may know it.
Then everyone stops working
so they can watch his power.
so they can watch his power.
Then the beasts go into their lairs,
and remain in their dens.
and remain in their dens.
The wild animals take cover
and stay inside their dens.
and stay inside their dens.
From its chamber comes the whirlwind,
and cold from the scattering winds.
and cold from the scattering winds.
The stormy wind comes from its chamber,
and the driving winds bring the cold.
and the driving winds bring the cold.
By the breath of God ice is given,
and the broad waters are frozen fast.
and the broad waters are frozen fast.
God’s breath sends the ice,
freezing wide expanses of water.
freezing wide expanses of water.
He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
the clouds scatter his lightning.
the clouds scatter his lightning.
He loads the clouds with moisture,
and they flash with his lightning.
and they flash with his lightning.
They turn around and around by his guidance,
to accomplish all that he commands them
on the face of the habitable world.
to accomplish all that he commands them
on the face of the habitable world.
The clouds churn about at his direction.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
Whether for correction or for his land
or for love, he causes it to happen.
or for love, he causes it to happen.
He makes these things happen either to punish people
or to show his unfailing love.
or to show his unfailing love.
“Hear this, O Job;
stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
“Pay attention to this, Job.
Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!
Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!
Do you know how God lays his command upon them
and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
Do you know how God controls the storm
and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?
and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?
Do you understand how he moves the clouds
with wonderful perfection and skill?
with wonderful perfection and skill?
you whose garments are hot
when the earth is still because of the south wind?
when the earth is still because of the south wind?
When you are sweltering in your clothes
and the south wind dies down and everything is still,
and the south wind dies down and everything is still,
Can you, like him, spread out the skies,
hard as a cast metal mirror?
hard as a cast metal mirror?
he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror.
Can you do that?
Can you do that?
Teach us what we shall say to him;
we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
“So teach the rest of us what to say to God.
We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.
We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.
Shall it be told him that I would speak?
Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
“And now no one looks on the light
when it is bright in the skies,
when the wind has passed and cleared them.
when it is bright in the skies,
when the wind has passed and cleared them.
We cannot look at the sun,
for it shines brightly in the sky
when the wind clears away the clouds.
for it shines brightly in the sky
when the wind clears away the clouds.
Out of the north comes golden splendor;
God is clothed with awesome majesty.
God is clothed with awesome majesty.
The Almighty — we cannot find him;
he is great in power;
justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
he is great in power;
justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty;
but even though he is just and righteous,
he does not destroy us.
but even though he is just and righteous,
he does not destroy us.