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God’s Works and Wisdom
“At this also my heart trembles,
And leaps from its place.
“At this also my heart trembles,
And leaps from its place.
“My heart pounds as I think of this.
It trembles within me.
It trembles within me.
Hear attentively 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.
It rolls across the heavens,
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
After it a voice roars;
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
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 marvelously with His voice;
He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
He does great things which 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.
“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 the hand of every man,
That all men may know His work.
That all men may know His work.
Then everyone stops working
so they can watch his power.
so they can watch his power.
The beasts go into dens,
And remain in their lairs.
And remain in their lairs.
The wild animals take cover
and stay inside their dens.
and stay inside their dens.
From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind,
And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
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.
And the broad waters are frozen.
God’s breath sends the ice,
freezing wide expanses of water.
freezing wide expanses of water.
He loads the clouds with moisture,
and they flash with his lightning.
and they flash with his lightning.
The clouds churn about at his direction.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
He makes these things happen either to punish people
or to show his unfailing love.
or to show his unfailing love.
“Listen to this, O Job;
Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
Stand still 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 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 are balanced,
Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Do you understand how he moves the clouds
with wonderful perfection and skill?
with wonderful perfection and skill?
Why are your garments hot,
When He quiets the earth by the south wind?
When He quiets the earth by 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,
With Him, have you spread out the skies,
Strong as a cast metal mirror?
Strong 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 should say to Him,
For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.
For we can prepare nothing because of the 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 wish to speak?
If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.
If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.
Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies,
When the wind has passed and cleared them.
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.
He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.
With God is awesome majesty.
As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him;
He is excellent in power,
In judgment and abundant justice;
He does not oppress.
He is excellent in power,
In judgment and abundant justice;
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.