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37:1  "Now I'll conclude with this: my heart is trembling violently; it feels like it's about to leap from my body!
37:2  Listen carefully to his thundering voice; to the sound that rumbles from his mouth.
37:3  He releases his lightning throughout the sky, to the ends of the earth.
37:4  His thunder roars after it; his majestic voice will thunder; and no one can trace them once his voice has been heard.
37:5  "God thunders with his wondrous voice; he does awesome works that we don't comprehend.
37:6  For he says to the snow, 'Fall to the earth.' He tells the rain, 'Pour down,' then it rains profusely.
37:7  "He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do.
37:8  "Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.
37:9  "From the south, a whirlwind proceeds, out of the icy north winds.
37:10  From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen.
37:11  He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.
37:12  It whirls about in circles at his direction to accomplish all that he commands throughout the surface of the entire world,
37:13  whether for discipline on his land or to demonstrate his gracious love, he causes it to be realized."
37:14  "Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still, and consider the wondrous attributes of God.
37:15  Do you know how God ordains them, and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds?
37:16  Do you understand his wondrous work of balancing the clouds, the one whose knowledge is perfect,
37:17  you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?
37:18  Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?
37:19  Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?
37:20  Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"
37:21  "So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?
37:22  From the north he brings gold; around God is awesome splendor.
37:23  We cannot find the Almighty— he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses.
37:24  Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend."