Job 26

These are but the edges of his ways

Then Job spoke again: ²“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak! ³How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!

⁴Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you? ⁵“The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters. ⁶The underworld is naked in God’s presence. The place of destruction is uncovered.

⁷God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.a ⁸He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight. ⁹He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

¹⁰He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night. ¹¹The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke. ¹²By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster.b

¹³His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.c ¹⁴These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”