Job 26— CEB

¹Then Job said:

²How well you have helped the weak, saved those with frail arms,

³advised one lacking wisdom, informed many with insight!

⁴With whom have you spoken; whose breath was expelled from you?

⁵The dead writhe, the inhabitants beneath the waters as well.

⁶The grave is naked before God; the underworld lacks covering.

⁷He stretched the North over chaos, hung earth over nothing;

⁸wrapped up water in his clouds, yet they didn't burst out below;

⁹hid the face of the full moon, spreading his cloud over it;

¹⁰traced a circle on the water's surface, at the limit of light and darkness.

¹¹Heaven's pillars shook, terrified by his blast.

¹²By his power he stilled the Sea; split Rahab with his cleverness.

¹³Due to his wind, heaven became clear; his hand split the fleeing serpent.

¹⁴Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways; we hear only a whispered word about him. Who can understand his thunderous power?