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38:1  Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind and said,
38:2  “Who is this who darkens the divine plan By words without knowledge?
38:3  Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man, And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!
38:4  Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
38:5  Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the measuring line over it?
38:6  On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
38:7  When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
38:8  “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;
38:9  When I made a cloud its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling bands,
38:10  And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
38:11  And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop’?
38:12  “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And made the dawn know its place,
38:13  So that it would take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked would be shaken off from it?
38:14  It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand out like a garment.
38:15  Their light is withheld from the wicked, And the uplifted arm is broken.
38:16  “Have you entered the springs of the sea, And walked in the depth of the ocean?
38:17  Have the gates of death been revealed to you, And have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
38:18  Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
38:19  “Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
38:20  That you would take it to its territory, And discern the paths to its home?
38:21  You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
38:22  Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, And have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
38:23  Which I have reserved for a time of distress, For a day of war and battle?
38:24  Where is the way that the light is divided, And the east wind scattered on the earth?
38:25  “Who has split open a channel for the flood, And a way for the thunderbolt,
38:26  To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a person in it,
38:27  To satisfy the waste and desolate land, And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
38:28  Does the rain have a father? Or who has fathered the drops of dew?
38:29  From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
38:30  Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
38:31  “Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades, Or untie the cords of Orion?
38:32  Can you bring out a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?
38:33  Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or do you establish their rule over the earth?
38:34  “Can you raise your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
38:35  Can you send flashes of lightning, so that they may go And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
38:36  Who has put wisdom in the innermost being, Or given understanding to the mind?
38:37  Who can count the clouds by wisdom, And pour out the water jars of the heavens,
38:38  When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
38:39  “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,
38:40  When they crouch in their hiding places, And lie in wait in their lair?
38:41  Who prepares feed for the raven When its young cry to God, And wander about without food?