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Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.
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Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words?
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Now stand up straight and answer the questions I ask you.
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Were you there when I made the world? If you know so much, tell me about it.
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Who decided how large it would be? Who stretched the measuring line over it? Do you know all the answers?
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What holds up the pillars that support the earth? Who laid the cornerstone of the world?
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In the dawn of that day the stars sang together,
1 and the heavenly beings shouted for joy.
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Who closed the gates to hold back the sea
2 when it burst from the womb of the earth?
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It was I who covered the sea with clouds and wrapped it in darkness.
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I marked a boundary for the sea and kept it behind bolted gates.
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I told it, "So far and no farther! Here your powerful waves must stop."