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37:1  “The thunder and lightning frighten me; my heart pounds in my chest.
37:2  Listen to God’s thundering voice! Listen to the sound coming from his mouth.
37:3  He sends his lightning to flash across the whole sky. It lights up the earth from one end to the other.
37:4  After the flashes of lightning you can hear his roaring voice. He thunders with his wonderful voice! And while his voice thunders, the lightning flashes continue.
37:5  God’s thundering voice is amazing! He does great things that we cannot understand.
37:6  He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth.’ And he says to the rain, ‘Pour down on the earth.’
37:7  God does this to stop everyone’s work and to show the people he made what he can do.
37:8  The animals run into their dens and stay there.
37:9  Whirlwinds come from the south. The cold winds come from the north.
37:10  God’s breath makes ice and freezes even large bodies of water.
37:11  He fills the clouds with water and scatters his lightning through them.
37:12  He orders the clouds to be blown all around the earth. The clouds do whatever he commands.
37:13  He causes the clouds to punish people with floods or to water his earth and show his love.
37:14  “Job, stop for a minute and listen. Think about the wonderful things God does.
37:15  Do you know how God controls the clouds? Do you know how he makes his lightning flash?
37:16  Do you know how the clouds hang in the sky? This is just one of the amazing works of the one who knows everything.
37:17  All you know is that you sweat, your clothes stick to you, and all is still and quiet when the heat wave comes from the south.
37:18  Can you help God spread out the sky and make it shine like polished brass?
37:19  “Job, tell us what we should say to God! We cannot think of what to say because of our ignorance.
37:20  I would not tell God that I wanted to talk to him. That would be like asking to be destroyed.
37:21  A person cannot look at the sun. It is too bright as it shines in the sky after the wind blows the clouds away.
37:22  In the same way God’s golden glory shines from the Holy Mountain. He is surrounded by the brightest light.
37:23  We have seen that God All-Powerful really is all powerful! But he is just and never treats anyone unfairly.
37:24  That is why people fear and respect him. He shows no respect for those who think they are wise.”