¹⁴ “Listen to this, Job;
Stand and consider the wonders of God.
¹⁵ Do you know how God establishes them,
And makes the ^[k]lightning of His clouds to shine?
¹⁶ Do you know about the hovering of the clouds,
The ^(T)wonders of One who is ^(U)perfect in knowledge,
¹⁷ You whose garments are hot
When the land is still because of the south wind?
¹⁸ Can you, with Him, ^(V)spread out the skies,
Strong as a cast metal mirror?
¹⁹ Teach us what we are to say to Him;
We ^(W)cannot present our case because of darkness.
²⁰ Shall it be told Him that I would speak?
^[l]Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

²¹ “Now people do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.
²² From the north comes golden splendor;
Around God is awesome majesty.
²³ The Almighty—^(X)we cannot find Him;
He is ^(Y)exalted in power
And ^(Z)He will not violate ^(AA)justice and abundant righteousness.
²⁴ Therefore people ^(AB)fear Him;
He does not ^(AC)regard any who are wise of heart.”

⁸ “Or who ^(AL)enclosed the sea with doors
When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;
⁹ When I made a cloud its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling bands,
¹⁰ And I ^[o](AM)placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
¹¹ And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?

¹⁶ “Have you entered ^(AR)the springs of the sea,
And walked ^[q]in the depth of the ocean?
¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
And have you seen the gates of ^(AS)deep darkness?
¹⁸ Have you understood the ^[r]expanse of ^(AT)the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

¹⁹ “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,
²⁰ That you would take it to ^(AU)its territory,
And discern the paths to its ^[s]home?
²¹ You know, for ^(AV)you were born then,
And the number of your days is great!
²² Have you entered the storehouses ^(AW)of the snow,
And have you seen the storehouses of the ^(AX)hail,
²³ Which I have reserved for a time of distress,
For a day of war and battle?
²⁴ Where is the way that ^(AY)the light is divided,
And the east wind scattered on the earth?

²⁵ “Who has split open a channel for the flood,
And a way for the thunderbolt,
²⁶ To bring ^(AZ)rain on a land without ^[t]people,
On a desert without a person in it,
²⁷ To ^(BA)satisfy the waste and desolate land,
And to make the ^[u]seeds of grass to sprout?
²⁸ Does ^(BB)the rain have a father?
Or who has fathered the drops of dew?
²⁹ From whose womb has come the ^(BC)ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
³⁰ Water ^[v]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

³¹ “Can you tie up the chains of the ^(BD)Pleiades,
Or untie the cords of Orion?
³² Can you bring out a ^[w]constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her ^[x]satellites?
³³ Do you know the ^(BE)ordinances of the heavens,
Or do you establish their rule over the earth?

³⁴ “Can you raise your voice to the clouds,
So that an ^(BF)abundance of water will cover you?
³⁵ Can you ^(BG)send flashes of lightning, so that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
³⁶ Who has ^(BH)put wisdom in the innermost being,
Or given ^(BI)understanding to the ^[y]mind?
³⁷ Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
And ^(BJ)pour out the water jars of the heavens,
³⁸ When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

³⁹ “Can you hunt the ^(BK)prey for the lioness,
Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,
⁴⁰ When they ^(BL)crouch in their hiding places,
And lie in wait in their lair?
⁴¹ Who prepares ^[z]feed for ^(BM)the raven
When its young cry to God,
And wander about without food?

⁵ “Who sent the ^(BP)wild donkey out free?
And who opened the bonds of the swift donkey,
⁶ To whom I gave ^(BQ)the wilderness as his home,
And the salt land as his dwelling place?
⁷ He laughs at the turmoil of the city,
He does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
⁸ He explores the mountains of his pasture,
And searches after every green thing.
⁹ Will the ^(BR)wild bull be willing to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?
¹⁰ Can you tie down the wild bull in a furrow with ^[ab]ropes,
Or will he ^[ac]plow the valleys after you?
¹¹ Will you trust him because his strength is great,
And leave your labor to him?
¹² Will you have faith in him that he will return your ^[ad]grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

¹³ “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously,
With the pinion and feathers of ^[ae]love,
¹⁴ For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,
¹⁵ And she forgets that a foot may crush ^[af]them,
Or that a wild animal may trample ^[ag]them.
¹⁶ She treats her young ^(BS)cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is for nothing, she is ^[ah]unconcerned,
¹⁷ Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
¹⁸ When she rushes away on high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
²⁰ Do you make him ^(BT)leap like locusts?
His majestic ^(BU)snorting is frightening.
^21 [ai]He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He ^(BV)goes out to meet the battle.
²² He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.
²³ The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.
²⁴ He ^[aj]races over the ground with a roar and fury,
And he does not stand still when he hears the sound of the trumpet.
²⁵ As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he senses the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

²⁶ “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?
²⁷ Is it at your ^[ak]command that the eagle flies high,
And makes ^(BW)his nest on high?
²⁸ He dwells and spends his nights on the cliff,
On the rocky cliff, an inaccessible place.
²⁹ From there he ^(BX)tracks food;
His eyes look at it from afar.
³⁰ His young ones also lick up blood greedily;
And ^(BY)where the slain are, there he is.”

⁶ The Lord ^(J)performs ^[b]righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are ^(K)oppressed.
⁷ He ^(L)made known His ways to Moses,
His ^(M)deeds to the sons of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is ^(N)compassionate and gracious,
^(O)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
⁹ He ^(P)will not always contend with us,
Nor will He ^(Q)keep His anger forever.
¹⁰ He has ^(R)not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.
¹¹ For as high ^(S)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who ^[c]fear Him.
¹² As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(T)removed our wrongdoings from us.
¹³ Just ^(U)as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who ^[d]fear Him.
¹⁴ For ^(V)He Himself knows ^[e]our form;
He ^(W)is mindful that we are nothing but ^(X)dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are ^(Y)like grass;
Like a ^(Z)flower of the field, so he flourishes.
¹⁶ When the ^(AA)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its ^(AB)place no longer knows about it.
¹⁷ But the ^[f](AC)mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who ^[g]fear Him,
And His justice ^(AD)to the children’s children,
¹⁸ To ^(AE)those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

¹⁹ The Lord has established His ^(AF)throne in the heavens,
And His ^[h](AG)sovereignty rules over ^[i]all.
²⁰ Bless the Lord, you ^(AH)His angels,
^(AI)Mighty in strength, who ^(AJ)perform His word,
^(AK)Obeying the voice of His word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all you ^(AL)His ^[j]angels,
You ^(AM)who serve Him, doing His will.
²² Bless the Lord, ^(AN)all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the Lord, my soul!