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¹Job replied,

²“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.

³What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.

⁴Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?

⁵The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.

⁶Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered.

⁷He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.

⁸He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.

⁹He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.

¹⁰On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.

¹¹The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.

¹²He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.

¹³The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.

¹⁴This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”