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he made the Bear and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;(A)

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The one who made the Pleiades and Orion
    and turns deep darkness into the morning
    and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the water of the sea
    and pours it out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name,(A)

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31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
    or loose the cords of Orion?(A)
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,
    or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?(B)

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    so that a flood of waters may cover you?(C)
35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?(D)
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts[a]
    or given understanding to the mind?[b](E)
37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens
38 when the dust runs into a mass
    and the clods cling together?

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion
    or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,(F)
40 when they crouch in their dens
    or lie in wait in their covert?(G)
41 Who provides for the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God
    and wander about for lack of food?(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 38.36 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 38.36 Meaning of Heb uncertain

16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.(A)

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He determines the number of the stars;
    he gives to all of them their names.(A)

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13 then we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day there a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

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13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.(A)

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    you set the beams of your[a] chambers on the waters;
you make the clouds your[b] chariot;
    you ride on the wings of the wind;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 104.3 Heb his
  2. 104.3 Heb his

From its chamber comes the whirlwind
    and cold from the scattering winds.(A)

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