Job 37 Cross References - Leeser

¹ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved upward out of its place. ² Hear, O hear, the rattling of his thunder, and the storm’s roar that goeth out of his mouth. ³ Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth. ⁴ Behind it roareth the thunder; he thundereth with his majestic voice; and he holdeth them not back when his voice is heard. ⁵ God thundereth with his marvelous voice: he doth great things, which we cannot comprehend. ⁶ For to the snow he saith, Be thou on the earth: likewise the pouring rain, and to the pouring rains of his strength. ⁷ He sealeth it on the hand of every man, that all men whom he hath made may know it. ⁸ Then retire the beasts into their dens, and rest in their lairs. ⁹ Out of his chamber cometh the whirlwind, and out of the north, the cold. ¹⁰ From the breathing of God ice is given, and the broad waters become solid. ¹¹ Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; and he scattereth the cloud of his lightning; ¹² And it is turned round about by his guidance, to execute what he commandeth it upon the face of the world, the earth. ¹³ Whether it be as a chastising rod—if this be destined for his earth—or for kindness, doth he cause it to come. ¹⁴ Give ear unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider well the wonders of God. ¹⁵ Dost thou know how God hath imposed a law on them, and how he hath caused the light of his cloud to shine? ¹⁶ Dost thou know aught about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge? ¹⁷ Thou who clothest thyself with warm garments, when He giveth the earth rest from the south wind? ¹⁸ Hast thou with him spread out the skies, which are strong even as a molten mirror? ¹⁹ Let us know what we shall say unto him: we cannot set aught in order before him because of darkness. ²⁰ Can all be related of him, when I speak ever so much? or if a man talk of him even till he be swallowed up in death? ²¹ Yet now men see not the light which is bright in the skies, when the wind hath passed along, and purified them. ²² The golden light that cometh out of the north: around God is terrible majesty. ²³ The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict: ²⁴ Therefore do men fear him; he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

¹⁶ And it came to pass on the third day when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a heavy cloud was upon the mount, and the voice of the cornet was exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.

¹⁴ Dread came over me, with trembling, and it caused all my bones to shudder.

⁶ Yea, when I think of it, I am terrified, and shuddering seizeth hold of my flesh.

¹ Then did the Lord address Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

^{7 (89:8)} God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about him.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.

²² Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

⁷ And I Daniel saw alone this appearance; but the men that were with me did not see the appearance: nevertheless a great terror fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. ⁸ And I was left by myself alone, and I saw this great appearance, and there remained no strength in me; and my healthy color was changed on me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

¹⁶ I heard it, and my inmost parts trembled; at the report my lips quivered; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, that I should rest till the day of distress, till the withdrawing of the people that will invade us with its troops.

¹⁶ And it came to pass on the third day when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a heavy cloud was upon the mount, and the voice of the cornet was exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled. ¹⁷ And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they placed themselves at the foot of the mount. ¹⁸ And mount Sinai smoked in every part, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. ¹⁹ And the voice of the cornet went on, and waxed louder and louder; Moses spoke, and God answered him with a loud voice.

²⁹ But what man can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle?

³³ The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.

⁵ God thundereth with his marvelous voice: he doth great things, which we cannot comprehend.

³ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth, the Lord—upon mighty waters. ⁴ The voice of the Lord resoundeth with power; the voice of the Lord resoundeth with majesty. ⁵ The voice of the Lord breaketh in pieces the cedars; yea, the Lord shivereth the cedars of Lebanon; ⁶ And he maketh them skip like a calf; Lebanon and Siryon like young reems. ⁷ The voice of the Lord heweth out flames of fire. ⁸ The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹ The voice of the Lord causeth the hinds to start, and maketh bare forests: and in his temple every thing speaketh of his glory.

⁷ At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.

¹³ That it might lay hold of the ends of the earth, so that the wicked might be shaken out therefrom?

^{13 (77:14)} O God, in holiness is thy way: where is there a god so great as God?

⁴ His lightnings give light to the world: the earth seeth it, and trembleth.

¹² And he will lift up an ensign unto the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel; and the dispersed of Judah will he collect together from the four corners of the earth.

⁷ And in the greatness of thy excellency hast thou overthrown those that rose up against thee; thou didst send forth thy wrath, it consumed them as stubble. ⁸ And with the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up together, the floods stood upright as a wall; congealed were the depths in the heart of the sea.

²⁶ There is none like unto the God of Yeshurun, who rideth to help thee upon the heavens, and in his excellency upon the skies.

²⁷ For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist: ²⁸ These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men. ²⁹ But what man can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle? ³⁰ Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea. ³¹ For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity. ³² His hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him. ³³ The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.

^{33 (68:34)} To him who rideth over the highest heavens, of ancient days: hear! he sendeth forth his voice, the voice of might.

¹⁴ The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered forth his voice. ¹⁵ And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

⁹ Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;

¹⁰ Who doth great things which are quite unsearchable, and wonders which are quite without number.

⁷ Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find the way unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?

¹⁴ Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard by us of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?

²⁶ Behold, God is great, and we comprehend him not, the number of his years can truly not be searched out.

¹¹ Every thing hath he made beautiful in its proper time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man’s being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning to the end.

²¹ Know ye not? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not paid attention to the foundations of the earth? ²² It is he that dwelleth above the circle of the earth, while its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

²⁸ Dost thou not know? hast thou not heard? The God of everlasting is the Lord, is the Creator of the ends of the earth; he will not be faint and weary; unsearchable is his understanding.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. ¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. ¹² And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

⁹ Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together unto Jerusalem within three days: it was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the open place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and by reason of the showers of rain.

¹³ But the people are many, and it is the rainy season, and we have not the strength to remain in the street, nor is this a work for one day or for two days; for we are many that have transgressed in this matter.

²⁷ For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:

²² Didst thou ever enter into the treasuries of the snow? or canst thou see the treasuries of the hail,

¹⁶ He who dispenseth snow like wool; who streweth about the hoarfrost like ashes; ¹⁷ He who casteth down his ice like pieces: before his cold who can stand? ¹⁸ He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and waters run along.

⁸ Fire, and hail, snow, and vapor; thou storm-wind that fulfillest his word;

³ A poor man that oppresseth the indigent is like a sweeping rain which bringeth no bread.

¹¹ Say unto those who plaster it with unadhesive mortar, that it shall fall: there cometh an overflowing rain-shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a storm-wind shall rend it.

¹³ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, I will even rend it with storm-winds in my fury; and an overflowing rain-shower shall come in my anger, with great hailstones in my fury to destroy it.

⁶ That buildeth in the heavens his steps, and hath founded his vault over the earth; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

¹² But who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;

⁷ Who speaketh to the sun, and he shineth not, and around the stars he placeth a seal;

¹⁴ Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh the prison upon a man, and there can be no opening,

²⁴ Reflect, that thou shouldst magnify his work, which other men have beheld.

^{8 (46:9)} Come, look at the deeds of the Lord, who hath made desolations on the earth.

^{9 (64:10)} All men shall fear, and shall declare the deeds of God, and understand his works.

^{4 (92:5)} For thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Lord, through thy doing: because of the works of thy hands will I triumph.

²⁷ That they may know that this is thy hand: that thou, Lord, hast truly done it.

² Great are the works of the Lord, they are sought for by them in all their desires.

¹⁷ Then did I see in the whole work of God, that a man is not able to find out the work that is done under the sun; inasmuch as though a man were to toil to seek for it, he would yet not find it; and even if the wise were to think to know it, he would yet not be able to find it.

¹² And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.

¹¹ Lord, thy hand was raised high, but they would not see: oh that they might see, and be ashamed, thy zeal for the people; yea, the fire which shall devour them—thy enemies.

⁴⁰ When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait?

²² The sun ariseth, they withdraw to their lairs, and lie down in their dens.

⁹ Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;

³ Who frameth of the waters the beams of his upper-chambers; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh along upon the wings of the wind:

¹ The doom of the desert by the sea. As tempests in the south blow with fury; so doth it come from the desert, from a terrible land.

¹⁴ And the Lord will appear over them, and then will go forth like the lightning his arrow: and the Lord Eternal will blow on the cornet, and he will go along in the tempests of the south.

²⁹ Out of whose womb cometh forth the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven—who giveth birth to it? ³⁰ When like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters?

⁴⁷ He slew with hail their vines, and their sycamore-trees with ice-bolts.

²⁷ For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist: ²⁸ These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men. ²⁹ But what man can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle? ³⁰ Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea.

³² His hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.

⁴ For so hath said the Lord unto me, I will take my rest, and I will look down on my dwelling-place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

^{9 (65:10)} Thou hast thought of the earth, and waterest her abundantly; thou greatly enrichest her; the brook of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, when thou hast thus prepared her. ^{10 (65:11)} Watering her furrows abundantly, smoothing down her ridges, thou softenest her with showers; thou blessest her growth.

²⁴ How manifold are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

²² Are there any among the vanities of the nations those that bestow rain? or can the heavens give forth showers? Behold, thou art this, O Lord our God, and we will hope in thee; for thou hast done all these things.

²³ And ye children of Zion, be glad, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he hath given you the first rain in beneficence, and he hath caused to come down for you the rain, the first rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

⁷ And I also had indeed withholden from you the rain, when it was yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and upon another city I caused it not to rain; one piece of land was rained upon, and another piece whereupon it rained not became dried up;

¹⁸ Behold, then will I let rain, about this time tomorrow, a very grievous hail, the like of which hath not been in Egypt since the day of its foundation even until now. ¹⁹ And now send, and bring under shelter thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought into the house, upon them shall the hail come down, and they shall die. ²⁰ He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses; ²¹ And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. ²² And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, and there shall be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, in the land of Egypt. ²³ And Moses stretched forth his staff toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran down to the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. ²⁴ And there was hail, and fire was flaming up amidst the hail, very grievous, the like of which had not been in all the land of Egypt, since it had become a nation. ²⁵ And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and every herb of the field did the hail smite, and every tree of the field did it break.

¹⁸ And Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunders and rain on that day: and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel. ¹⁹ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray in behalf of thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we may not die; for we have added unto all our sins yet this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.

¹⁰ And Rizpah the daughter of Ayah took sackcloth, and spread out it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped down upon them out of heaven, and she suffered neither the birds of heaven to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

¹⁴ And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin at Zela’, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king had commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

⁴⁵ And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens were blackened with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achab rode, and went to Yizre’el.

³¹ For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity.

⁶ For to the snow he saith, Be thou on the earth: likewise the pouring rain, and to the pouring rains of his strength.

²⁶ To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth is found; ²⁷ To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass?

³⁷ Who ordaineth the skies with wisdom? or who emptieth out the bottles of heaven. ³⁸ When the dust is poured out as molten metal, and the clods are made to cleave fast together?

¹³ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will do for you today; for as ye have seen the Egyptians today, ye shall not see them again any more for ever.

⁶ Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. ⁷ He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing; ⁸ He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight; ⁹ He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud; ¹⁰ A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness. ¹¹ The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke. ¹² By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed its pride: ¹³ By his breath the heavens acquired beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent. ¹⁴ Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard by us of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?

^{10 (46:11)} Leave off, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth.

⁵ On the majestic glory of thy excellence, and on thy wondrous deeds will I meditate. ⁶ And of the might of thy terrible acts shall men converse: and thy greatness will I relate.

¹⁰ All thy works shall thank thee, O Lord; and thy pious servants shall bless thee. ¹¹ Of the glory of thy kingdom shall they converse, and of thy might shall they speak: ¹² To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

²⁰ But the Lord is in his holy temple: be silent before him all the earth.

²⁴ For he looketh to the ends of the earth, whatever is under the whole heaven doth he see. ²⁵ When he imparted weight unto the wind; and when the waters he established by measure; ²⁶ When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of his thunders; ²⁷ Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.

¹³ Who hath given him a charge concerning the earth? or who hath intrusted him the whole world?

³⁰ Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea. ³¹ For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity. ³² His hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.

¹¹ Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; and he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding of it. ⁵ Who fixed her measurements, if thou knowest it? or who stretched the measuring-line over her? ⁶ Upon what are her foundation-pillars placed at rest? or who laid her corner-stone: ⁷ When altogether sang the morning stars in gladness, and shouted for joy all the sons of God? ⁸ And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth? ⁹ When I made the clouds its garment, and thick fog its swaddling-cloth, ¹⁰ And when I decreed for it my law, and set for it bars and doors, ¹¹ And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed thy strength in the pride of thy waves? ¹² Didst thou ever, in all thy days, command the morning; didst thou ever assign the morning-dawn its place: ¹³ That it might lay hold of the ends of the earth, so that the wicked might be shaken out therefrom? ¹⁴ She is changed as the sealing-clay: and all things stand as though newly clad. ¹⁵ And from the wicked is their light withdrawn, and the high-raised arm is broken. ¹⁶ Didst thou ever penetrate as far as the springs of the sea? or wander through the bottom of the deep? ¹⁷ Were the gates of death ever laid open unto thee? or canst thou see the doors of the shadow of death? ¹⁸ Hast thou a clear understanding of the breadth of the earth? Tell it, if thou knowest it all. ¹⁹ Where is the way to the spot where the light dwelleth? and the darkness—where is its place, ²⁰ That thou mightest take each to its boundary, and that thou mightest mark the pathways to its house? ²¹ Thou surely knowest it; because thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! ²² Didst thou ever enter into the treasuries of the snow? or canst thou see the treasuries of the hail, ²³ Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of fight and battle? ²⁴ Where is the way to the spot where the light divideth itself, where the east wind is scattered over the earth? ²⁵ Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning that is followed by thunders, ²⁶ To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth is found; ²⁷ To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass? ²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? ²⁹ Out of whose womb cometh forth the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven—who giveth birth to it? ³⁰ When like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters? ³¹ Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion? ³² Canst thou bring forth the constellations of the zodiac, each in its season? or canst thou guide the Bear with its young? ³³ Knowest thou the laws of heaven? or dost thou appoint its rule on the earth? ³⁴ Canst thou lift up to the clouds thy voice, that the abundance of waters may cover thee? ³⁵ Canst thou send out lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here are we? ³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the dark clouds? or who hath given understanding to the bright meteors? ³⁷ Who ordaineth the skies with wisdom? or who emptieth out the bottles of heaven. ³⁸ When the dust is poured out as molten metal, and the clods are made to cleave fast together? ³⁹ Dost thou hunt for the lioness her prey? and suppliest thou the food for the young lions, ⁴⁰ When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait? ⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?

⁹⁰ Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth. ⁹¹ According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants.

²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these? he that bringeth out their host by number; that calleth them all by name; from the Mighty One not one escapeth.

⁸ He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;

⁴ For truly no falsehood is in my words: one that is upright in his opinions dealeth now with thee.

² Thou art he who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment; who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain; ³ Who frameth of the waters the beams of his upper-chambers; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh along upon the wings of the wind:

⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power: his understanding is immeasurable.

¹⁹ The Lord hath through wisdom founded the earth: he hath established the heavens through understanding. ²⁰ By his knowledge were the depths split open, and the skies drop down the dew.

²² It is he that dwelleth above the circle of the earth, while its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

¹² He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens. ¹³ At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:

¹⁷ At the time when they feel the warmth, they vanish; when it is hot, they are quenched out of their place.

³¹ Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?

¹⁸ He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and waters run along.

⁶ And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters. ⁷ And God made the expansion, and divided between the waters which were under the expansion and the waters which were above the expansion: and it was so. ⁸ And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.

⁸ And he made the laver of copper, and its foot of copper, of the mirrors of the assembled women who had assembled in troops at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁸ Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea; ⁹ Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;

² Thou art he who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment; who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain;

⁴ Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he commanded and they were created. ⁶ And he established them for ever and to eternity: he gave a decree which none shall transgress.

¹ Hallelujah. Praise ye God in his sanctuary: praise him in the expansion of his power.

²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;

¹² Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters, and meted out the heavens with the span, and comprised in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed in the scale-beam the mountains, and the hills in balances?

²⁴ Thus hath said the Lord, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that hath made all things; that hath stretched forth the heavens by myself alone; that hath spread abroad the earth from my own self;

³ I also have sense like you; I do not fall short compared with you: and who possesseth not such things as these?

³ However, I would gladly speak to the Almighty; and to argue with God do I desire.

⁶ Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

²⁰ But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding? ²¹ Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.

² Who is this that casteth darkness on my counsel by words without knowledge?

³ Who is he that dareth to conceal thy counsel without knowledge? Truly I have spoken of what I understood not, of things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

¹⁶ And when I should think to know this, it would be trouble in my eyes; ¹⁷ Until I enter into the sanctuary of God; and understand what their future will be.

²² But I was indeed foolish, and I knew it not: I was as a thoughtless beast with thee.

⁶ Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it.

² “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a common man. ³ Nor have I learned wisdom, so that I should have knowledge of the Holy One. ⁴ Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou knowest it?”

³ For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore are my words confused.

⁷ Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find the way unto the utmost limit of the Almighty? ⁸ It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?

⁴ For, while there is not a word on my tongue, lo, thou, O Lord, knowest it entirely.

⁹ He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;

²⁵ Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning that is followed by thunders,

¹¹ Thine, O Lord, are the greatness, and the might, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, yea, all that is in the heavens and on the earth: thine, O Lord, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as the head above all.

¹⁰ Then do deck thyself with excellence and greatness, and clothe thyself in majesty and glory.

⁴ The voice of the Lord resoundeth with power; the voice of the Lord resoundeth with majesty.

⁵ Come and see the deeds of God: fear-inspiring is his doing toward the children of men.

^{7 (68:8)} O God, when thou didst go forth before thy people, when thou didst tread along through the wilderness—Selah— ^{8 (68:9)} The earth quaked, also the heavens dropped at the presence of God, yea, this Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

^{12 (76:13)} He will cut down the spirit of the powerful: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

¹ The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with excellency; the Lord is clothed, he hath girded himself with strength: therefore also the world is firmly established, that it cannot be moved.

¹ Bless, O my soul, the Lord. O Lord my God, thou art very great; with glory and majesty art thou clothed.

⁵ On the majestic glory of thy excellence, and on thy wondrous deeds will I meditate.

²³ The north wind bringeth forth rain: so doth secret talking, angry countenances.

¹⁰ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, because of the dread of the Lord, and because of the glory of his majesty.

¹⁹ And men shall enter into the caverns of rocks, and into the rifts of the earth, because of the dread of the Lord, and because of the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to terrify the earth.

^{4 (5:3)} And he shall stand forward and feed Israel through the strength of the Lord, through the excellency of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall abide safely; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth.

³ The Lord is long-suffering, and great in power, but he will by no means clear the guilty: the Lord—in the whirlwind and in the storm is his way, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

³ When God from Theman came, and the Holy One from mount Paran, Selah: his glory covered the heavens, and of his praise the earth was full. ⁴ And his brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed forth out of his hand unto them; and there was the hiding of his power. ⁵ Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth in his steps. ⁶ He stood forward, and made the earth tremble; he looked and dispersed nations; and there burst asunder the everlasting mountains; there sunk the perpetual hills: the ways of the world are his. ⁷ In affliction I saw the tents of Cushan: they trembled—the curtains of the land of Midian. ⁸ Was the Lord wroth against the rivers? yea, was against the rivers thy anger kindled? was against the sea thy wrath that thou rodest upon thy horses, thy chariots of victory! ⁹ Laid quite bare is thy bow, like severe rods of punishment goeth forth thy word, Selah: into rivers thou splittest the earth. ¹⁰ The mountains saw thee, they trembled; the flowing waters passed along: the deep issued forth its voice, the height lifted up its hands. ¹¹ The sun and moon stood still in their dwelling: at the light of thy arrows they walked along, at the shining of the flaming glitter of thy spear. ¹² In indignation thou marchest through the earth, in anger thou treadest down nations. ¹³ Thou wentest forth to the assistance of thy people, to the assistance of thy anointed: thou didst wound the head out of the house of the wicked, destroy the foundation with the high-towering walls. Selah. ¹⁴ Thou didst strike through with his own spears the chiefs of his villages, who rushed out furiously to scatter me; who rejoiced greatly as though they were to devour the poor in secret. ¹⁵ But thou didst pass along over the sea with thy horses, over the piled up billows of great waters. ¹⁶ I heard it, and my inmost parts trembled; at the report my lips quivered; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, that I should rest till the day of distress, till the withdrawing of the people that will invade us with its troops. ¹⁷ For the fig-tree doth not bud, and no fruit is on the vines; the productiveness of the olive deceiveth, and the fields yield no food; from the fold the flocks are cut off, and there are no herds in the stalls. ¹⁸ Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will exult in the God of my salvation. ¹⁹ The Lord Eternal is my strength, and he maketh my feet fleet as those of the hinds, and he will cause me to tread upon my high places. To the chief musician of my songs.

³ Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?

⁴ He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?

¹⁹ If it regard strength, lo, he is the powerful; and if justice, who will cite him for me to appear?

¹³ That with him are wisdom and strength, his are counsel and understanding.

⁷ But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. ⁸ And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, they are my witnesses; and my leanness riseth up for me, giveth its testimony to my face. ⁹ In his wrath he teareth me to pieces, and assaileth me: he gnasheth over me with his teeth; my adversary sendeth threatening looks at me. ¹⁰ They now open wide against me their mouth; reproachfully they smite my cheek: altogether do they assemble against me. ¹¹ God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked. ¹² I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark; ¹³ His archers encompass me round about; he cleaveth my reins sunder, and doth not pity; he poureth out upon the ground my gall; ¹⁴ He breaketh me down with breach upon breach; he runneth against me like a mighty man. ¹⁵ Sackcloth have I sewed upon my skin, and my horn I roll in the dust. ¹⁶ My face gloweth from weeping, and on my eyelids resteth the shadow of death: ¹⁷ Not because any violence is in my hands, and while my prayer is pure.

⁵ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength of intellect.

¹⁹ Let us know what we shall say unto him: we cannot set aught in order before him because of darkness.

^{5 (30:6)} For his anger is momentary, but life is in his favor: in the evening cometh weeping to stay for a night, but in the morning, there is joyful song.

^{5 (36:6)} O Lord, into the heavens reacheth thy kindness, thy faithfulness even into the skies. ^{6 (36:7)} Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; thy acts of justice like the great deep: man and beast dost thou ever help, O Lord. ^{7 (36:8)} How precious is thy kindness, O God! And the children of men that seek shelter under the shadow of thy wings,—

^{11 (62:12)} Once hath God spoken; yea, twice what I have heard: that strength belongeth unto God.

^{6 (65:7)} Who setteth firmly the mountains by his power, who is girded with might;

³ Say unto God, How fear-inspiring is every one of thy works! through the greatness of thy strength will thy enemies yield feigned obedience unto thee.

⁴ And to the power of the king who loveth justice and righteousness hast thou truly executed in Jacob.

⁶ Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever; ⁷ Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;

²¹ Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced this in ancient times? told it from the beginning? is it not I the Lord? and there is no other god without me, a just god and a saviour; there is none beside me.

⁹ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and he carried them all the days of old.

³² But though he have caused grief, yet will he have mercy according to the abundance of his kindnesses. ³³ For he doth not afflict of his own will, and aggrieve the children of men.

²³ Have I then the least pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Eternal: and not in his turning away from his ways, that he may live?

³² For I have no pleasure in the death of him that deserveth to die, saith the Lord Eternal: therefore convert yourselves, and live.

¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;

⁴ But with thee there is forgiveness, in order that thou mayest be feared.

¹¹ I turned about, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; and that also the wise have no bread, nor yet the men of understanding riches, nor yet men of knowledge favor; but time and fate will overtake them all.

²¹ Woe unto those that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one manner, to fear me at all times, that it may be well with them, and with their children after them;

⁹ And it shall be to me for a name of gladness, a praise and an honor with all the nations of the earth, who will hear all the good that I am doing unto them: and they shall dread and tremble because of all the good and because of all the happiness that I prepare unto it.

⁵ After that will the children of Israel return, and seek for the Lord their God and David their king; and fearing will they hasten to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days,