¹ Then Job responded, ² “What a help you are to the weak!
How you have saved the arm without strength! ³ “What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! ⁴ “To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit was expressed through you? The Greatness of God ⁵ “The departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants. ⁶ “Naked is Sheol before Him,
And Abaddon has no covering. ⁷ “He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing. ⁸ “He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them. ⁹ “He obscures the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it. ¹⁰ “He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness. ¹¹ “The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke. ¹² “He quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. ¹³ “By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. ¹⁴ “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”