¹“At this also my heart trembles

and moves out of its place.

²Hear attentively the thunder of His voice,[#Job 36:33; 37:5]

and the sound that goes out of His mouth.

³He lets it loose under the whole heaven,

and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.

⁴After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice,

and He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

⁵God thunders marvelously with His voice;

He does great things that we cannot comprehend.

⁶For He says to the snow, ‘Come on the earth,’[#Job 38:22]

likewise to the gentle rain and to the heavy rain of His strength.

⁷He seals up the hand of every man,

that all men may know His work.

⁸Then the beasts go into dens[#Job 38:40; Ps 104:22]

and remain in their places.

⁹Out of the south comes the whirlwind,[#Job 9:9; Isa 21:1]

and cold out of the north.

¹⁰By the breath of God frost is given,

and the broad waters are frozen.

¹¹Also He loads the thick clouds with moisture;

He scatters His bright clouds,

¹²and they are turned about by His guidance,

that they may do whatever He commands them

upon the face of the inhabited earth.

¹³He causes it to come, whether for correction,[#1Sa 12:18–19]

or for His land or for mercy.

¹⁴“Listen to this, Job; stand still

and consider the wondrous works of God.

¹⁵Do you know when God dispatches them

and causes the light of His cloud to shine?

¹⁶Do you know how the clouds are balanced,

the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷How your garments are warm,

when He quiets the earth by the south wind?

¹⁸Have you, with Him, spread out the sky,[#Ps 104:2; Isa 44:24]

which is strong and is like a molded mirror?

¹⁹“Teach us what we will say to Him,

for we cannot prepare our speech because of the darkness.

²⁰Will it be told Him that I speak?

If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up.

²¹Now men do not see the bright light

which is in the clouds,

but the wind passes and cleanses them.

²²Fair weather comes out of the north;

with God is terrible majesty.

²³Concerning the Almighty, we cannot find Him out;[#1Ti 6:16]

He is excellent in power, and in judgment,

and in much righteousness He will not oppress.

²⁴Men therefore fear Him;[#Mt 10:28]

He shows no partiality to those who are wise in heart.”