Job 38:1-41 LSB

[1] Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, [2] “Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? [3] “Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you make Me know! [4] “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know understanding, [5] Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? [6] “On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, [7] When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? [8] “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb, [9] When I made a cloud its garment And dense gloom its swaddling band, [10] And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, [11] And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop’? [12] “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, [13] That it might seize the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? [14] “It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like clothing. [15] “From the wicked their light is withheld, And the arm raised high is broken. [16] “Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep? [17] “Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? [18] “Have you carefully considered the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. [19] “Where is the way to where the light dwells? And darkness, where is its place, [20] That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home? [21] “You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! [22] “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, [23] Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle? [24] “Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? [25] “Who has cleft a conduit for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt, [26] To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it, [27] To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the growth of grass to sprout? [28] “Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? [29] “From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth? [30] “Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is interlocked. [31] “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion? [32] “Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites? [33] “Do you know the statutes of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? [34] “Can you raise your voice up to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? [35] “Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, ‘Here we are’? [36] “Who has given wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind? [37] “Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, [38] When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? [39] “Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or fulfill the appetite of the young lions, [40] When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair? [41] “Who prepares for the raven its provision When its young cry for help to God And wander about without food?