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Job’s Ninth Speech: A Response to Bildad
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Job Replies: God’s Majesty Is Unsearchable
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
“How you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the weak!
How you have saved the weak!
“How you have helped him who has no power!
How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
How you have enlightened my stupidity!
What wise advice you have offered!
What wise advice you have offered!
How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Where have you gotten all these wise sayings?
Whose spirit speaks through you?
Whose spirit speaks through you?
With whose help have you uttered words,
and whose breath has come out from you?
and whose breath has come out from you?
“The dead tremble —
those who live beneath the waters.
those who live beneath the waters.
The dead tremble
under the waters and their inhabitants.
under the waters and their inhabitants.
God stretches the northern sky over empty space
and hangs the earth on nothing.
and hangs the earth on nothing.
He stretches out the north over the void
and hangs the earth on nothing.
and hangs the earth on nothing.
He wraps the rain in his thick clouds,
and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not split open under them.
and the cloud is not split open under them.
He created the horizon when he separated the waters;
he set the boundary between day and night.
he set the boundary between day and night.
He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
at the boundary between light and darkness.
The foundations of heaven tremble;
they shudder at his rebuke.
they shudder at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astounded at his rebuke.
and are astounded at his rebuke.
By his power he stilled the sea;
by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
His Spirit made the heavens beautiful,
and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
By his wind the heavens were made fair;
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.