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37:1  “At this my heart shakes with fear and jumps from its place.
37:2  Listen to the thunder of His voice and the noise that comes from His mouth.
37:3  He lets it loose under the whole heaven. He lets His lightning go to the ends of the earth.
37:4  His voice sounds after it. He thunders with His great and powerful voice. And He does not hold back the lightning when His voice is heard.
37:5  God thunders with His great voice. He does great things which we cannot understand.
37:6  For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain, ‘Be strong.’
37:7  He stops the work of every man, that all men may know His work.
37:8  Then the wild animals go to their holes, and stay where they live.
37:9  The storm comes from the south, and the cold from the north.
37:10  Water becomes ice by the breath of God. The wide waters become ice.
37:11  He loads the heavy clouds with water and they send out His lightning.
37:12  It changes its path and turns around by His leading, doing whatever He tells it to do on the earth where people live.
37:13  He causes it to happen for punishment, or for His world, or because of His love.
37:14  “Hear this, O Job. Stop and think about the great works of God.
37:15  Do you know how God does them, and makes the lightning shine from His cloud?
37:16  Do you know how the clouds are set in heaven, the great works of Him Who is perfect in understanding?
37:17  Do you know why you are hot in your clothes when the land becomes quiet because of the south wind?
37:18  Can you help Him spread out the sky, making it as hard as a mirror made from heated brass?
37:19  Teach us what we should say to Him. We cannot put words together to help us because of darkness.
37:20  Should He be told that I want to speak? Did a man ever wish to be swallowed up?
37:21  “Now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the sky, when the wind has passed and made it clear.
37:22  A bright gold light is seen in the north. Around God is great power.
37:23  We cannot come near the All-powerful. He is lifted high with power. And He is right and fair and good and will not make it hard for us.
37:24  So men honor Him with fear. He has respect for any who are wise in heart.”