40:4 “Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.
40:5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
40:6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
40:7 “Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
40:8 “Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
40:9 Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
40:10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.
40:11 Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
40:12 Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.
40:13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
40:14 Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.
40:15 “Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.
40:16 See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.
40:17 He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
40:18 His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.
40:19 He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
40:20 Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
40:21 He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.
40:22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.
40:23 Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
40:24 Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.
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