Job:38

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* Then Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest , and said : * Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge ? * Now gird up your loins like a man ; I will consult with you , and you declare unto Me . * Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Declare , if you have become acquainted with understanding . * Who has fixed its measurements ? Surely you know ! Or who has stretched the line upon it ? * To what were its foundations fastened ? Or who laid its cornerstone , * when the morning stars sang together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? * Or who shut in the sea with doors , when it burst forth and came forth from the womb ; * when I made the clouds its garment , and thick darkness its swaddling band ; * when I broke My limit for it , and set bars and doors ; * and said , This far you may come , but no farther , and here your proud waves shall stay !? * Have you commanded the morning since your days began , and caused the dawn to know its place , * that it might take hold of the ends of the earth , and the wicked be shaken out of it ? * It takes on form like clay under a seal , and stands out like a garment . * From the wicked their light is withheld , and the lofty arm is broken . * Have you entered the springs of the sea ? Or have you walked in search of the depths ? * Have the gates of death been disclosed to you ? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death ? * Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth ? Declare , if you know it all ! * Where is the way to where light dwells ? And darkness , where is its place , * that you may take it to its territory , that you may observe the paths to its house ? * You know , because you were born then , and because the number of your days is great . * Have you entered the storehouses of snow , or have you seen the storehouses of hail , * which I have reserved for the time of distress , for the day of battle and war ? * By what way is light diffused , or the east wind scattered over the earth ? * Who has split a channel for the flood , or a path for the thunderbolt , * to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man , a wilderness devoid of mankind ; * to satisfy the desolate waste , and cause to spring forth the growth of vegetation ? * Has the rain a father ? Or who has begotten the drops of dew ? * From whose womb comes the ice ? And the frost of the heavens , who has given it birth ? * The waters harden like stone , and the surface of the deep is stuck together . * Can you bind the bands of the Pleiades , or loosen the cords of Orion ? * Can you bring out the constellations in their seasons ? Or can you guide Ursa Major with its sons ? * Do you know the ordinances of the heavens ? Can you appoint their authority over the earth ? * Can you lift up your voice to the clouds , that an abundance of water may cover you ? * Can you send out lightnings , that they may go , and say to you , Here we are !? * Who has put wisdom in the inward parts ? Or who has given understanding to the mind ? * Who can number the clouds by wisdom ? Or who can lay down the pitchers of the heavens , * when the dust is poured into castings , and the clods cling together ? * Can you hunt the prey for the lion , or satisfy the appetite of the young lions , * when they crouch in their dens , or sit in their lairs to lie in wait ? * Who provides food for the raven , when its young ones cry out to the Mighty God , and wander about for lack of food ?

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