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1 - And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

2 - Who <FI>is<Fi> this--darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

3 - Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

4 - Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

5 - Who placed its measures--if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

6 - On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

7 - In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

8 - And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

9 - In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

10 - And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

11 - And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

12 - Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

13 - To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

14 - It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

15 - And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

16 - Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

17 - Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

18 - Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare--if thou hast known it all.

19 - Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where <FI>is<Fi> this--its place?

20 - That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

21 - Thou hast known--for then thou art born And the number of thy days <FI>are<Fi> many!

22 - Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

23 - That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

24 - Where <FI>is<Fi> this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

25 - Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

26 - To cause <FI>it<Fi> to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.

27 - To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

28 - Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 - From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

30 - As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

31 - Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

32 - Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

33 - Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

34 - Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

35 - Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'

36 - Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

37 - Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

38 - In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

39 - Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

40 - When they bow down in dens--Abide in a thicket for a covert?

41 - Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.