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"Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
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to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on the desert, which is empty of human life,
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to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
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"Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
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The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
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Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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