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Now the LORD enters the debate and addresses two discourses to Job, in which he speaks of his wisdom and power, which are altogether beyond the capacity of Job, who therefore should never dare to demand a reason for the divine actions.
Then the LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said:
Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance?
I will question you, and you tell me the answers!
Where were you when I founded the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its size; do you know? Who stretched out the measuring line for it?
Into what were its pedestals sunk, and who laid the cornerstone?
The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though it were a garment;
Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know all: Can you put into effect their plan on the earth? So that the dust of earth is fused into a mass and its clods made solid?
Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb?
When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door, And said: Thus far shall you
come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled! Have you entered into
the sources of the sea, or walked about in the depths of the abyss? When the waters lie covered as though with stone that holds captive the surface of the deep?
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Have you ever in your lifetime commanded
the morning and shown the dawn its place?
Can you raise your voice among the clouds, or veil yourself in the waters of the storm?
Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, and seen the treasury of the hail. Out of whose womb comes the ice and who gives the hoarfrost its birth in the skies,
Which way to the parting of the winds, whence the east wind spreads over the earth?
Has the rain a father; or who has begotten the drops of dew? Who counts the clouds in his wisdom? Or who tilts the water jars of heaven? Who has laid out a channel for the downpour and for the thunderstorm a path to bring rain to no man's land, the unpeopled wilderness; to enrich the waste and desolate ground till the desert blooms with verdure?
Do you hunt the prey for the lioness or appease the hunger of her cubs, while they
crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in the thicket?
Who provides nourishment for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God,
and they rove abroad without food?

Who puts wisdom in the heart, and gives the rooster it's understanding?
Bible: Book of Job
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NOTES:
Be ready to defend yourself in debate.
Out of the storm: frequently the background of the appearances of the LORD in the Old Testament; cf Psalm 18; 50; Nahum 1:3; Hebrews 3.
Hail . . . of war: thus God used a hailstorm to rout Joshua's foes in the battle of Gibeon; cf Joshua 10:11; Sirach 46:5.
Pleiades . . . Orion . . . Bear: cf Job 9:9. Mazzaroth: It is uncertain what astronomical group is meant by this Hebrew word; perhaps a southern constellation (cf Job 9:9).
Veil yourself . . . storm: wrap yourself in a cloud, as God comes in a theophany; cf Psalm 18:12.
Lord God you are magnificent indeed! Glory to your holy name!
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