1 A nd Job answered and said,

2 H ow hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

3 H ow hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

4 F or whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

5 T he shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;

6 S heol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

7 H e stretcheth out the north over empty space, he 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 covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 H e hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

11 T he pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

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

13 B y his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

14 L o, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?