35 Then Elihu said:

“Do you think this is just?
    You say, ‘I am in the right,(A) not God.’(B)
Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
    and what do I gain by not sinning?’(C)

“I would like to reply to you
    and to your friends with you.
Look up at the heavens(D) and see;
    gaze at the clouds so high above you.(E)
If you sin, how does that affect him?
    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(F)
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(G)
    or what does he receive(H) from your hand?(I)
Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,(J)
    and your righteousness only other people.(K)

“People cry out(L) under a load of oppression;(M)
    they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(N)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(O)
    who gives songs(P) in the night,(Q)
11 who teaches(R) us(S) more than he teaches[b] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than[c] the birds in the sky?’
12 He does not answer(T) when people cry out
    because of the arrogance(U) of the wicked.(V)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
    the Almighty pays no attention to it.(W)
14 How much less, then, will he listen
    when you say that you do not see him,(X)
that your case(Y) is before him
    and you must wait for him,(Z)
15 and further, that his anger never punishes(AA)
    and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[d](AB)
16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;(AC)
    without knowledge he multiplies words.”(AD)

36 Elihu continued:

“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you
    that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
I get my knowledge from afar;(AE)
    I will ascribe justice to my Maker.(AF)
Be assured that my words are not false;(AG)
    one who has perfect knowledge(AH) is with you.(AI)

“God is mighty,(AJ) but despises no one;(AK)
    he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.(AL)
He does not keep the wicked alive(AM)
    but gives the afflicted their rights.(AN)
He does not take his eyes off the righteous;(AO)
    he enthrones them with kings(AP)
    and exalts them forever.(AQ)
But if people are bound in chains,(AR)
    held fast by cords of affliction,(AS)
he tells them what they have done—
    that they have sinned arrogantly.(AT)
10 He makes them listen(AU) to correction(AV)
    and commands them to repent of their evil.(AW)
11 If they obey and serve him,(AX)
    they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity(AY)
    and their years in contentment.(AZ)
12 But if they do not listen,
    they will perish by the sword[e](BA)
    and die without knowledge.(BB)

13 “The godless in heart(BC) harbor resentment;(BD)
    even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.(BE)
14 They die in their youth,(BF)
    among male prostitutes of the shrines.(BG)
15 But those who suffer(BH) he delivers in their suffering;(BI)
    he speaks(BJ) to them in their affliction.(BK)

16 “He is wooing(BL) you from the jaws of distress
    to a spacious place(BM) free from restriction,(BN)
    to the comfort of your table(BO) laden with choice food.(BP)
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;(BQ)
    judgment and justice have taken hold of you.(BR)
18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches;
    do not let a large bribe(BS) turn you aside.(BT)
19 Would your wealth(BU) or even all your mighty efforts
    sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20 Do not long for the night,(BV)
    to drag people away from their homes.[f]
21 Beware of turning to evil,(BW)
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.(BX)

22 “God is exalted in his power.(BY)
    Who is a teacher like him?(BZ)
23 Who has prescribed his ways(CA) for him,(CB)
    or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?(CC)
24 Remember to extol his work,(CD)
    which people have praised in song.(CE)
25 All humanity has seen it;(CF)
    mortals gaze on it from afar.
26 How great is God—beyond our understanding!(CG)
    The number of his years is past finding out.(CH)

27 “He draws up the drops of water,(CI)
    which distill as rain to the streams[g];(CJ)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers(CK) fall on mankind.(CL)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders(CM) from his pavilion?(CN)
30 See how he scatters his lightning(CO) about him,
    bathing the depths of the sea.(CP)
31 This is the way he governs[h] the nations(CQ)
    and provides food(CR) in abundance.(CS)
32 He fills his hands with lightning
    and commands it to strike its mark.(CT)
33 His thunder announces the coming storm;(CU)
    even the cattle make known its approach.[i](CV)

37 “At this my heart pounds(CW)
    and leaps from its place.
Listen!(CX) Listen to the roar of his voice,(CY)
    to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.(CZ)
He unleashes his lightning(DA) beneath the whole heaven
    and sends it to the ends of the earth.(DB)
After that comes the sound of his roar;
    he thunders(DC) with his majestic voice.(DD)
When his voice resounds,
    he holds nothing back.
God’s voice thunders(DE) in marvelous ways;(DF)
    he does great things beyond our understanding.(DG)
He says to the snow,(DH) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’(DI)
So that everyone he has made may know his work,(DJ)
    he stops all people from their labor.[j](DK)
The animals take cover;(DL)
    they remain in their dens.(DM)
The tempest comes out from its chamber,(DN)
    the cold from the driving winds.(DO)
10 The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.(DP)
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;(DQ)
    he scatters his lightning(DR) through them.(DS)
12 At his direction they swirl around
    over the face of the whole earth
    to do whatever he commands them.(DT)
13 He brings the clouds to punish people,(DU)
    or to water his earth and show his love.(DV)

14 “Listen(DW) to this, Job;
    stop and consider God’s wonders.(DX)
15 Do you know how God controls the clouds
    and makes his lightning(DY) flash?(DZ)
16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised,(EA)
    those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?(EB)
17 You who swelter in your clothes
    when the land lies hushed under the south wind,(EC)
18 can you join him in spreading out the skies,(ED)
    hard as a mirror of cast bronze?(EE)

19 “Tell us what we should say to him;(EF)
    we cannot draw up our case(EG) because of our darkness.(EH)
20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
21 Now no one can look at the sun,(EI)
    bright as it is in the skies
    after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;(EJ)
    God comes in awesome majesty.(EK)
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;(EL)
    in his justice(EM) and great righteousness, he does not oppress.(EN)
24 Therefore, people revere him,(EO)
    for does he not have regard for all the wise(EP) in heart?[k]

The Lord Speaks

38 Then the Lord spoke to Job(EQ) out of the storm.(ER) He said:

“Who is this that obscures my plans(ES)
    with words without knowledge?(ET)
Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(EU)

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(EV)
    Tell me, if you understand.(EW)
Who marked off its dimensions?(EX) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line(EY) across it?
On what were its footings set,(EZ)
    or who laid its cornerstone(FA)
while the morning stars(FB) sang together(FC)
    and all the angels[l](FD) shouted for joy?(FE)

“Who shut up the sea behind doors(FF)
    when it burst forth from the womb,(FG)
when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,(FH)
10 when I fixed limits for it(FI)
    and set its doors and bars in place,(FJ)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(FK)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?(FL)

12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(FM)
    or shown the dawn its place,(FN)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked(FO) out of it?(FP)
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;(FQ)
    its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,(FR)
    and their upraised arm is broken.(FS)

16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?(FT)
17 Have the gates of death(FU) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(FV)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(FW)
    Tell me, if you know all this.(FX)

19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
    And where does darkness reside?(FY)
20 Can you take them to their places?
    Do you know the paths(FZ) to their dwellings?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!(GA)
    You have lived so many years!

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(GB)
    or seen the storehouses(GC) of the hail,(GD)
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,(GE)
    for days of war and battle?(GF)
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(GG)
    or the place where the east winds(GH) are scattered over the earth?(GI)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(GJ)
26 to water(GK) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,(GL)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?(GM)
28 Does the rain have a father?(GN)
    Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens(GO)
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen?(GP)

31 “Can you bind the chains[m] of the Pleiades?
    Can you loosen Orion’s belt?(GQ)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations(GR) in their seasons[n]
    or lead out the Bear[o] with its cubs?(GS)
33 Do you know the laws(GT) of the heavens?(GU)
    Can you set up God’s[p] dominion over the earth?

34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?(GV)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(GW)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[q](GX)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[r](GY)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(GZ) of the heavens(HA)
38 when the dust becomes hard(HB)
    and the clods of earth stick together?(HC)

39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
    and satisfy the hunger of the lions(HD)
40 when they crouch in their dens(HE)
    or lie in wait in a thicket?(HF)
41 Who provides food(HG) for the raven(HH)
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?(HI)

39 “Do you know when the mountain goats(HJ) give birth?
    Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?(HK)
Do you count the months till they bear?
    Do you know the time they give birth?(HL)
They crouch down and bring forth their young;
    their labor pains are ended.
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
    they leave and do not return.

“Who let the wild donkey(HM) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland(HN) as its home,
    the salt flats(HO) as its habitat.(HP)
It laughs(HQ) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(HR)
It ranges the hills(HS) for its pasture
    and searches for any green thing.

“Will the wild ox(HT) consent to serve you?(HU)
    Will it stay by your manger(HV) at night?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?(HW)
    Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength?(HX)
    Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain
    and bring it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
    though they cannot compare
    with the wings and feathers of the stork.(HY)
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
    and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
    that some wild animal may trample them.(HZ)
16 She treats her young harshly,(IA) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.(IB)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(IC) at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength(ID)
    or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust,(IE)
    striking terror(IF) with its proud snorting?(IG)
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,(IH)
    and charges into the fray.(II)
22 It laughs(IJ) at fear, afraid of nothing;
    it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver(IK) rattles against its side,
    along with the flashing spear(IL) and lance.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
    it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(IM)
25 At the blast of the trumpet(IN) it snorts, ‘Aha!’
    It catches the scent of battle from afar,
    the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(IO)

26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
    and spread its wings toward the south?(IP)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
    and build its nest on high?(IQ)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
    a rocky crag(IR) is its stronghold.
29 From there it looks for food;(IS)
    its eyes detect it from afar.
30 Its young ones feast on blood,
    and where the slain are, there it is.”(IT)

Footnotes

  1. Job 35:3 Or you
  2. Job 35:11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by
  3. Job 35:11 Or us wise by
  4. Job 35:15 Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  5. Job 36:12 Or will cross the river
  6. Job 36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.
  7. Job 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain
  8. Job 36:31 Or nourishes
  9. Job 36:33 Or announces his coming— / the One zealous against evil
  10. Job 37:7 Or work, / he fills all people with fear by his power
  11. Job 37:24 Or for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.
  12. Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God
  13. Job 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty
  14. Job 38:32 Or the morning star in its season
  15. Job 38:32 Or out Leo
  16. Job 38:33 Or their
  17. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  18. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

35 Elihu spake moreover, and said,

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

36 Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

37 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.