Job: Man’s Frailty and God’s Majesty

26 But Job answered and said:

² “How have you helped him who is without power?How have you saved the arm that has no strength?³ How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?And how have you declared sound advice to many?⁴ To whom have you uttered words?And whose spirit came from you?

⁵ “The dead tremble,Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.⁶ Sheol is naked before Him,And Destruction has no covering.⁷ He stretches out the north over empty space;He hangs the earth on nothing.⁸ He binds up the water in His thick clouds,Yet the clouds are not broken under it.⁹ He covers the face of His throne,And spreads His cloud over it.¹⁰ He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,At the boundary of light and darkness.¹¹ The pillars of heaven tremble,And are astonished at His rebuke.¹² He stirs up the sea with His power,And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.¹³ By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.¹⁴ Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,And how small a whisper we hear of Him!But the thunder of His power who can understand?”