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“At this my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
and leaps from its place.
“My heart pounds as I think of this.
It trembles within me.
It trembles within me.
Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,
to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
to 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.
He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
It rolls across the heavens,
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
After that comes the sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.
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’s voice thunders in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.
he does great things beyond our understanding.
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.
He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
and to the rain shower, ‘Be a 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.
Then everyone stops working
so they can watch his power.
so they can watch his power.
The animals take cover;
they remain in their dens.
they remain in their dens.
The wild animals take cover
and stay inside their dens.
and stay inside their dens.
The tempest comes out from its chamber,
the cold from the driving winds.
the cold from the driving winds.
The stormy wind comes from its chamber,
and the driving winds bring the cold.
and the driving winds bring the cold.
The breath of God produces ice,
and the broad waters become frozen.
and the broad waters become frozen.
God’s breath sends the ice,
freezing wide expanses of water.
freezing wide expanses of water.
He loads the clouds with moisture;
he scatters his lightning through them.
he scatters his lightning through them.
He loads the clouds with moisture,
and they flash with his lightning.
and they flash with his lightning.
At his direction they swirl around
over the face of the whole earth
to do whatever he commands them.
over the face of the whole earth
to do whatever he commands them.
The clouds churn about at his direction.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
He brings the clouds to punish people,
or to water his earth and show his love.
or to water his earth and show his love.
He makes these things happen either to punish people
or to show his unfailing love.
or to show his unfailing love.
“Listen to this, Job;
stop and consider God’s wonders.
stop and consider God’s wonders.
“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 controls the clouds
and makes his lightning flash?
and makes his lightning flash?
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 know how the clouds hang poised,
those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?
those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?
Do you understand how he moves the clouds
with wonderful perfection and skill?
with wonderful perfection and skill?
You who swelter in your clothes
when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
when the land lies hushed under 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 join him in spreading out the skies,
hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror.
Can you do that?
Can you do that?
“Tell us what we should say to him;
we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
we cannot draw up our case because of our 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.
Should he be told that I want to speak?
Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
Now no one can look at the sun,
bright as it is in the skies
after the wind has swept them clean.
bright as it is in the skies
after the wind has swept them clean.
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 he comes in golden splendor;
God comes in awesome majesty.
God comes in awesome majesty.
The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
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.