Job 36:27-37:13

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²⁷ For he draws up the drops of water;
    they distill his ^(A)mist in ^(B)rain,
²⁸ which ^(C)the skies pour down
    and drop on mankind abundantly.
²⁹ Can anyone understand ^(D)the spreading of the clouds,
    the thunderings of his ^(E)pavilion?
³⁰ Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
    and covers the roots of the sea.
³¹ For by these he ^(F)judges peoples;
    he gives ^(G)food in abundance.
³² He covers his ^(H)hands with the lightning
    and commands it to strike the mark.
³³ Its crashing declares his presence;^[a]
    the cattle also declare that he rises.

37 “At this also my heart trembles
    and leaps out of its place.
² Keep listening to the thunder of his voice
    and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
³ Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
    and his ^(I)lightning to the ^(J)corners of the earth.
⁴ After it ^(K)his voice roars;
    ^(L)he thunders with his majestic voice,
    and he does not restrain the lightnings^[b] when his voice is heard.
⁵ God thunders wondrously with his voice;
    he does ^(M)great things that we cannot ^(N)comprehend.
⁶ For to ^(O)the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
    likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.
⁷ He ^(P)seals up the hand of every man,
    that all men whom he made may ^(Q)know it.
⁸ Then the beasts go into their ^(R)lairs,
    and remain in their ^(S)dens.
⁹ From ^(T)its chamber ^(U)comes the whirlwind,
    and ^(V)cold from the scattering winds.
¹⁰ By the breath of God ^(W)ice is given,
    and ^(X)the broad waters are frozen fast.
¹¹ He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
    the clouds scatter his lightning.
¹² They ^(Y)turn around and around by his ^(Z)guidance,
    ^(AA)to accomplish all that he commands them
    on the face of ^(AB)the habitable world.
¹³ Whether for ^(AC)correction or for his ^(AD)land
    or for ^(AE)love, he causes it to happen.