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¹Indeed, my heart trembles at this; it is moved out of its place.

²Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out from his mouth.

³He sends it out under the whole sky, and he sends out his lightning to the edges of the earth.

⁴A voice roars after it; he thunders with the voice of his majesty; he does not restrain the lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

⁵God thunders marvelously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.

⁶For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth'; likewise to the rain shower, 'Become a great shower of rain.'

⁷He stops the hand of every man from working, so that all people whom he has made may see his deeds.

⁸Then the beasts go into hiding and stay in their dens.

⁹The storm comes from its chamber in the south and the cold from the scattering winds in the north.

¹⁰By the breath of God ice is given; the expanse of the waters is frozen like metal.

¹¹Indeed, he weighs down the thick cloud with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

¹²He swirls the clouds around by his guidance, so that they may do whatever he commands them above the surface of the whole world.

¹³He makes all of this happen; sometimes it happens for correction, sometimes for his land, and sometimes as acts of covenant faithfulness.

¹⁴Listen to this, Job; stop and think about God's marvelous deeds.

¹⁵Do you know how God establishes the clouds and makes the lightning bolts to flash in them?

¹⁶Do you understand the floating of the clouds, the marvelous deeds of God, who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷Do you understand how your garments become hot when the land is still because the wind comes from the south?

¹⁸Can you spread out the sky as he can— the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal?

¹⁹Teach us what we should say to him, for we cannot lay out our arguments in order because of the darkness of our minds.

²⁰Should he be told that I wish to speak with him? Would a person wish to be swallowed up?

²¹Now, people cannot look at the sun when it is bright in the sky after the wind has passed through and has cleared it of its clouds.

²²Out of the north comes golden splendor— over God is fearsome majesty.

²³As for the Almighty, we cannot find him! He is great in power; he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

²⁴Therefore, people fear him. He does not pay any attention to those who are wise in their own minds.”