1 T hen Job answered,

2 “ What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!

3 H ow you have given wise words to him who has no wisdom! How much true learning you have given!

4 T o whom have your words been said? And from whose spirit have you spoken?

5 “ The spirits of the dead shake under the waters and those living in them.

6 T he place of the dead has no covering before God and the place that destroys has no covering.

7 H e spreads out the north over empty waste, and hangs the earth on nothing.

8 H e holds the waters in His clouds, and the cloud does not break under them.

9 H e covers the face of the moon and spreads His cloud over it.

10 H e has marked the sides around the waters where light and darkness are divided.

11 T he pillars of heaven shake with fear. They are surprised and afraid of His sharp words.

12 H e made the sea quiet by His power. And by His understanding He destroyed Rahab.

13 B y His breath the heavens are made beautiful. His hand cut through the snake as it tried to get away.

14 S ee, these are only a few of the things He does. And how quiet are the words spoken about Him! But who can understand His powerful thunder?”