² “Who is this that obscures my plans^(C)
    with words without knowledge?^(D)
3 Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(E)

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?^(F)
    Tell me, if you understand.^(G)

¹² “Have you ever given orders to the morning,^(A)
    or shown the dawn its place,^(B)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked^(C) out of it?^(D)

²² “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow^(A)
    or seen the storehouses^(B) of the hail,^(C)