Job, 37

¹ “Indeed at this my heart begins to tremble, And it leaps up from its place.

² Listen attentively, YOU men, to the rumbling of his voice, And the growling that goes forth from his mouth.

³ Under the whole heavens he lets it loose, And his lightning is to the extremities^*1 of the earth.

⁴ After it a sound roars; He thunders with the sound of his superiority, And he does not hold them back when his voice is heard.

⁵ God^*1 thunders with his voice in a wonderful way, Doing great things that we cannot know.

⁶ For to the snow he says, ‘Fall earthward,’ And [to] the downpour of rain, even [to] the downpour of his strong rains.

⁷ On the hand of every earthling man he puts a seal For every mortal man to know his work.

⁸ And the wild beast comes into the ambush, And in its hiding places it dwells.

⁹ Out of the interior room comes the storm wind And out of the north winds the cold.

¹⁰ By the breath of God^*1 the ice is given And the breadth of waters is under constraint.^*2

¹¹ Yes, with moisture he burdens the cloud, His light scatters the cloud mass,

¹² And it is being turned round about by his steering [them] for their performance Wherever he commands them upon the face of the productive land^*1 of the earth.

¹³ Whether for a rod^*1 or for his land Or for loving-kindness,^*2 he makes it produce effects.

¹⁴ Do give ear to this, O Job; Stand still and show yourself attentive to the wonderful works of God.

¹⁵ Do you know when God^*1 laid an appointment upon them, And when he caused the light of his cloud to beam?

¹⁶ Do you know about the poisings of the cloud, The wonderful works of the One perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷ How your garments are hot When the earth shows quietness^*1 from the south?

¹⁸ With him can you beat out the skies Hard like a molten mirror?

¹⁹ Let us know what we should say to him; We cannot produce [words] because of darkness.

²⁰ Should it be related to him that I would speak? Or has any man said that it will be communicated?

²¹ And now they do not really see the light; It is brilliant in the skies, When a wind^*1 itself has passed by and proceeded to cleanse them.

²² Out of the north golden splendor^*1 comes. Upon God^*2 dignity is fear-inspiring.

²³ As for the Almighty, we have not found him out; He is exalted in power, And justice and abundance of righteousness he will not belittle.

²⁴ Therefore let men^*1 fear him. He does not regard any who are wise in [their own] heart.”