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“The spirits of the dead beneath the waters shake.
    And so do those that live in the waters.
Death is naked before God.
    Destruction is uncovered before him.
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space.
    And he hangs the earth on nothing.
God wraps up the waters in his thick clouds.
    But the clouds do not break under the weight of the water.
God covers the face of the full moon.
    He spreads his clouds over it.
10 God draws the horizon like a circle on the water
    at the place where light and darkness meet.
11 Heaven’s foundations shake
    when he thunders at them.
12 God’s power controls the sea.
    By his wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the sea monster.
13 God breathes, and the sky becomes clear.
    God’s hand stabs the gliding snake.
14 And these are only a small part of God’s works.
    We only hear a small whisper of him.
    So who can understand God’s thundering power?”

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“The dead are in deep anguish,(A)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The realm of the dead(B) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](C) lies uncovered.(D)
He spreads out the northern skies(E) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(F)
He wraps up the waters(G) in his clouds,(H)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds(I) over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(J)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.(K)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(L)
    aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(M)
    by his wisdom(N) he cut Rahab(O) to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies(P) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(Q)
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(R) we hear of him!(S)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon