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Job 37

¹The storm makes my heart beat wildly.

²Listen, all of you, to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from his mouth.

³He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.

⁴Then the roar of his voice is heard, the majestic sound of thunder, and all the while the lightning flashes.

⁵At God's command amazing things happen, wonderful things that we can't understand.

⁶He commands snow to fall on the earth, and sends torrents of drenching rain.

⁷He brings our work to a stop; he shows us what he can do.

⁸The wild animals go to their dens.

⁹The storm winds come from the south, and the biting cold from the north.

¹⁰The breath of God freezes the waters, and turns them to solid ice.

¹¹Lightning flashes from the clouds,

¹²as they move at God's will. They do all that God commands, everywhere throughout the world.

¹³God sends rain to water the earth; he may send it to punish us, or to show us his favor.

¹⁴Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.

¹⁵Do you know how God gives the command and makes lightning flash from the clouds?

¹⁶Do you know how clouds float in the sky, the work of God's amazing skill?

¹⁷No, you can only suffer in the heat when the south wind oppresses the land.

¹⁸Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?

¹⁹Teach us what to say to God; our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.

²⁰I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me?

²¹And now the light in the sky is dazzling, too bright for us to look at it; and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.

²²A golden glow is seen in the north, and the glory of God fills us with awe.

²³God's power is so great that we cannot come near him; he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.

²⁴No wonder, then, that everyone is awed by him, and that he ignores those who claim to be wise.