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37 »Al pensar en esto, mi corazón se acelera
y parece querer salirse de mi pecho.
Presten atención al estruendo de su voz,
y al potente sonido que sale de su boca.
Oigan cómo retumba a través del cielo,
y cómo su luz alumbra los confines de la tierra.
Tras su luz se oye un bramido
que estalla con majestuoso furor;
al escucharlo, nadie puede sostenerse.
Dios deja oír su voz atronadora
y hace grandes cosas que no logramos entender.
A la nieve le ordena caer sobre la tierra,
y también a las lloviznas y a las lluvias torrenciales.
La gente corre entonces a esconderse,
y así todo el mundo reconoce sus obras.
Las bestias del campo corren a sus cuevas,
y allí en su refugio esperan con paciencia.

»Desde el sur, viene el candente torbellino;
desde el norte llega el viento frío.
10 Dios sopla y forma bloques de hielo,
y hace que las grandes aguas se congelen.
11 Carga de humedad las densas nubes,
y desde ellas manda sus rayos luminosos.
12 Revuelve las nubes de un lugar a otro,
y las lleva por toda la faz de la tierra,
para que cumplan con todos sus designios.
13 Dios las usa para castigar al hombre,
pero también para mostrar su amor por la tierra.

14 »Tenme paciencia, Job, y escúchame;
mira con atención las maravillas de Dios.
15 ¿Sabes cómo Dios ordena las nubes,
y hace que el relámpago brille entre ellas?
16 ¿Sabes por qué las nubes son diferentes,
que son una maravilla de sabiduría perfecta?
17 ¿O por qué tu ropa te acalora
cuando Dios detiene el cálido viento del sur?
18 ¿Acaso lo ayudaste a extender los cielos,
y los afirmaste como reluciente espejo?
19 Enséñanos qué debemos decirle;
nuestra oscura mente no nos permite ordenar las ideas.
20 ¿Debo anunciarme cuando quiera hablar con él?
¿Quién se atreve a hablar para ser destruido?

21 »No se puede ver de frente la luz del sol,
cuando el cielo está limpio y sin nubes.
22 Desde el norte vienen rayos dorados
que anuncian la imponente majestad de Dios.
23 No podemos comprender al Todopoderoso;
grande es su poder, y grande es su justicia.
24 Por eso los seres humanos le temen,
aunque él no teme a los que se consideran sabios.»

Elihu Says God has Authority over the Storm

37 “Indeed, at His thundering my heart trembles
And leaps out of its place.

“Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!

“He lets it loose under the whole heaven,
And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

“After it, His voice roars;
He thunders with the voice of His majesty,
And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.

“God thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

“Then the beast goes into its lair
And remains in its hiding place.

“Out of its chamber comes the storm,
And cold from the north wind.
10 
“Ice is made by the breath of God,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.(A)
11 
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
12 
“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.
13 
“Whether [it be] for correction, or for His earth [generally]
Or for [His] mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.(B)

14 
“Listen to this, Job;
Stand still and consider the wonders of God.
15 
“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?
16 
“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
17 
You whose garments are hot,
When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?
18 
“Can you, with Him, spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?
19 
“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
20 
“So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak?
Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up [and destroyed by God]?

21 
“Now people cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies [without being blinded],
When the wind has passed and cleared them.
22 
“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
23 
“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.(C)
24 
“Men therefore fear Him;
He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].”(D)