Job 31:35-37
The Voice
35 (if only someone were listening!)
Now, here to these oaths, these curses,
I make my signature!
Let the Highest One answer me!
Let my adversary put his case in writing!
36 If He does, I would place it on my shoulder for all to see;
I would put it on my head and wear it like a crown.
37 I would offer Him an account of the steps I’ve taken along my life’s path
and approach Him directly like a prince.
Job 38:1-11
The Voice
38 Out of the raging storm, the Eternal One answered Job.
2 Eternal One: Who is this that darkens counsel,
who covers over sound instruction with empty words void of knowledge?
3 Now, prepare yourself and gather your courage like a warrior.
Prepare yourself for the task at hand.
I’ll be asking the questions, now—
you will supply the answers.
4 Where were you when I dug and laid the foundation of the earth?
Explain it to me, if you are acquainted with understanding.
5 Who decided on the measurements? Surely you know that!
Who stretched out a line to measure the dimensions?
6 Upon what base was the foundation set?
Or who laid the cornerstone
7 On the day when the stars of the morning broke out in song
and God’s heavenly throng, elated, shouted along?
8 Who held back the sea behind doors
and brought the earth bursting forth from the womb of the deep,
9 When for clothes I gave it a cloud
and for swaddling I wrapped it in darkness,
10 When I placed shores around its limits
and put up the doors and the bars;
11 And I said to the sea, “Here you may come, but no farther.
And here is the shore where your grand waves will crash.”
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