1 T hen Job answered and said,

2 H ow hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

3 H ow hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4 T o whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

5 T hey that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

6 S heol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.

7 H e stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8 H e bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

9 H e incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 H e hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

11 T he pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

12 H e stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

13 B y his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

14 L o, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?