Job 37 — AAB

Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

37Verse 1“At this my heart also poundsand leaps from its place.^{Verse 2}Listen closely to the thunder of His voiceand the rumbling that comes from His mouth.^{Verse 3}He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole skyand sends it to the ends of the earth.^{Verse 4}Then there comes a roaring sound;He thunders with His majestic voice.He does not restrain the lightningwhen His voice resounds.^{Verse 5}God thunders wondrously with His voice;He does great things we cannot comprehend.^{Verse 6}For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’^{Verse 7}He seals up the hand of every man,so that all men may know His work.^{Verse 8}The wild animals enter their lairs;they settle down in their dens.^{Verse 9}The tempest comes from its chamber,and the cold from the driving north winds.^{Verse 10}By the breath of God the ice is formedand the watery expanses are frozen.^{Verse 11}He loads the clouds with moisture;He scatters His lightning through them.^{Verse 12}They swirl about,whirling at His direction,accomplishing all that He commandsover the face of all the earth.^{Verse 13}Whether for punishment or for His land,He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.^{Verse 14}Listen to this, O Job;stand still and consider the wonders of God.^{Verse 15}Do you know how God dispatches the cloudsor makes the lightning flash?^{Verse 16}Do you understand how the clouds float,those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?^{Verse 17}You whose clothes get hotwhen the land lies hushed under the south wind,^{Verse 18}can you, like Him, spread out the skies,as strong as a mirror of bronze?^{Verse 19}Teach us what we should say to Him;we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.^{Verse 20}Should He be told that I want to speak?Would a man ask to be swallowed up⁺?^{Verse 21}Now no one can gaze at the sunwhen it is bright in the skies
after the wind has swept them clean.^{Verse 22}Out of the north He comes in golden splendor;awesome majesty surrounds Him.^{Verse 23}The Almighty is beyond our reach;He is exalted in power!In His justice and great righteousnessHe does not oppress.^{Verse 24}Therefore, men fear Him,for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”