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Job 26

1 Then Job replied:

1 But Job answered and said:

2 “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!

2 "How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength?

3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!

3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many?

4 Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?

4 To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

5 “The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

5 "The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.

6 The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.

6 Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering.

7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.

7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

8 He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it.

9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.

9 He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it.

10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.

10 He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness.

11 The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke.

12 By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.

12 He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.

13 By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.

13 By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”

14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?"