40:4 "I'm so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth.
40:5 I spoke once, but I can't answer- twice, but not again." Can You Be Like Me, Job?
40:6 Then the LORD responded to Job out of a storm,
40:7 "Brace yourself like a man! I will ask you, and you will teach me.
40:8 "Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?
40:9 Do you have power like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
40:10 Then dress yourself in majesty and dignity. Clothe yourself in splendor and glory.
40:11 Unleash your outbursts of anger. Look at all who are arrogant, and put them down.
40:12 Look at all who are arrogant, and humble them. Crush wicked people wherever they are.
40:13 Hide them completely in the dust, and cover their faces in the hidden place.
40:14 Then even I will praise you because your right hand can save you.
40:15 "Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. It eats grass as cattle do.
40:16 Look at the strength in its back muscles, the power in its stomach muscles.
40:17 It makes its tail stiff like a cedar. The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined.
40:18 Its bones are bronze tubes. They are like iron bars.
40:19 Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword.
40:20 The hills bring it food, and all the wild animals play there.
40:21 It lies down under the lotus plants in a hiding place among reeds and swamps.
40:22 Lotus plants provide it with cover. Poplars by the stream surround it.
40:23 Though the river flows powerfully against it, it's not alarmed. It's confident [even] when the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
40:24 Can anyone blind its eyes or pierce its nose with snares?
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