1But Job answered and said,

2"How have you helped the powerless, or saved the arm that has no strength?

3How have you advised those who have no wisdom? How have you plentifully declared sound knowledge?

4To whom have you spoken words? And whose spirit came from you?

5The dead tremble beneath the waters, and those who dwell in them.

6The grave is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering.

7He stretches out the north over the empty space, and He hung the earth on nothing.

8He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.

9He covers the face of His throne, spreading His cloud upon it.

10He has prescribed a limit upon the surface of the waters, and a boundary between light and darkness.

11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

12He quiets the sea with His power, and by His understanding He shatters the storm.

13By His Spirit He has made the heavens beautiful; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14Lo, these are only the outer fringes of His ways; but what a trifling whisper we hear about Him! And the thunder of His power who can understand?"